The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a “public health emergency of continental concern.” What’s the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, “We’re flying blind.”
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Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn’t really good after all
The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that’s because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.
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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
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The end of smallpox was … the beginning for mpox
Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here’s the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.
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First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa’s outbreak. What took so long?
Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday.
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Alarmed by mpox surge, Africa CDC is poised to declare a ‘continental emergency’
This would be the first ever emergency declaration for the African continent. What’s the reason for this sense of urgency?
