Why is mpox a global emergency again so soon?
Transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (green) found within cells (blue)
NIAID
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…
