Monkeypox Pandemic 2024. Officials are bracing for a return of mpox, the infectious disease formerly called. The who originally declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern (pheic) on 23 july 2022, which lasted until may 2023 by which time cases.

In the democratic republic of congo (drc), children make up the majority of the 14,000 reported cases and 511 deaths so far in 2024. It is a viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the.