As a deadlier strain of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, spreads across Africa, the World Health Organization has declared the situation to be a “public health emergency of international concern.”
The outbreak, which includes the more aggressive strain called clade lb, has infected 17,000 people in 13 countries across Africa since January, according to CNN. — Read the rest
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