MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, May 31, dispelled fears of a monkeypox (Mpox) surge, saying there is no basis for imposing a lockdown and urging the public to ...

The department also noted that mpox is not airborne, so a lockdown is not necessary. DOH underscored that there is still no case of Mpox Clade 1b, the more transmissible variant, in the Philippines.

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral infection that has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons due to its painful symptoms and potential for serious complications.

How is mpox transmitted? It spreads when a healthy person touches the affected skin of an infected person, and it can be sexually transmitted. In the 2022 outbreak, there was a lot of spread through ...

NEW ORLEANS — The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreaks. Mpox infections exploded early in the summer of 2022 in ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now ...

Monkeypox, now known as Mpox, is a viral infection that causes painful rashes, swollen lymph nodes, and fever. Mpox typically clears up on its own.

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, with the health body's director-general issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations.

Africa is set to record more mpox cases this year than it did in 2024, with over 64,000 cases reported in the five months through May. The situation is not yet under control, with Sierra Leone ...

There are now more than 20,000 mpox infections across 26 countries in Africa, according to data from Africa CDC. Out of 6.4 million doses of mpox vaccines that experts say are needed to contain ...

The loss of mpox vaccines may help contribute to those figures. Politico notes that African countries have reported nearly 160,000 suspected mpox cases since the beginning of an outbreak last year ...

Mpox is still around but at a much lower level in the U.S. and in Oregon than in 2022. There have been eight cases of mpox among Oregonians reported to public health in 2025. (There may be more ...