Everything you need to know about the mpox outbreak

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern – a new variant of the virus has caused an outbreak in Central and West Africa and spread to Sweden The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern over an ongoing outbreak of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – in Central and West Africa. This is the second time in two years that the disease has spread enough to prompt such a declaration from the WHO. On 15 August, Swedish health officials confirmed a case as the first known infection outside of Africa with the mpox strain that is currently driving the outbreak. What is mpox? Mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as that which causes smallpox. It regularly spreads among animals in Central and West Africa such as rodents and monkeys, but...