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Red Cross workers spray chlorine-based disinfectant in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024. Moise Kasereka/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mpox will surge in parts of East, West and…

Illustration of mpox virusGetty Images/Science Photo Library The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing MPOX (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak in Central and West…

Transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (cyan) within an infected cell. NIAID Urgent action is needed to stop the spread of a new, primarily heterosexually transmitted, strain of MPOX that has caused more than 1,000 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say medical experts responding to the outbreak, who fear the disease could