W.H.O. Declares Mpox Outbreak in African Countries a Global Emergency

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The epi­dem­ic is con­cen­trat­ed in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go, but the virus has now appeared in a dozen oth­er African countries.