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Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

June 13, 2025Saikou JammehComments Off on Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.

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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

March 7, 2025March 8, 2025APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.

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Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

December 23, 2024December 23, 2024Stephanie Nolen and Victoire DouniamaComments Off on Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

Our reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached the teeming capital, infecting children and their mothers, who sell sex to survive.

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Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

December 23, 2024Stephanie Nolen and Victoire DouniamaComments Off on Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

In crowded Kinshasa, two strains of mpox are sweeping through a community that relies on selling sex. Hundreds of thousands of vaccines sent to the country have not been used.

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Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

December 23, 2024Stephanie Nolen and Victoire DouniamaComments Off on Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus

In crowded Kinshasa, two strains of mpox are sweeping through a community that relies on selling sex. Hundreds of thousands of vaccines sent to the country have not been used.

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In Congo, a Medical Mystery Offers Clues to the Mpox Epidemic

December 7, 2024December 7, 2024Stephanie Nolen and Moses SawasawaComments Off on In Congo, a Medical Mystery Offers Clues to the Mpox Epidemic

In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency.

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U.K. Confirms New Cases of Clade Ib Type of Mpox

November 5, 2024November 6, 2024Lynsey ChutelComments Off on U.K. Confirms New Cases of Clade Ib Type of Mpox

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first infected person.

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W.H.O. Authorizes Mpox Vaccine, Clearing Way for Use in Africa

September 13, 2024Stephanie NolenComments Off on W.H.O. Authorizes Mpox Vaccine, Clearing Way for Use in Africa

The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

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No Vaccines, Tests or Treatments: Congo Lacks Tools to Confront Mpox

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024Stephanie NolenComments Off on No Vaccines, Tests or Treatments: Congo Lacks Tools to Confront Mpox

The country at the center of a global health emergency is struggling even to diagnose cases and provide basic care.

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Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need

August 23, 2024August 24, 2024Stephanie NolenComments Off on Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need

Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access.

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