Why is mpox a global emergency again so soon?

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Transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (green) found within cells (blue)

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Just over a year after the last mpox outbreak was deemed to no longer be a global emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has once again sounded its highest alarm, declaring Central Africa’s mpox surge a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was made a PHEIC for the first time in July 2022 as it spread rapidly across a range of countries where it hadn’t been reported before.

Despite that emergency ending in May 2023, reported infections went on…

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