France reports the first case of the MPOX variant from Africa, prompting health measures and investigations into its spread.

Although well-intended, WHO’s overcautious and convoluted regulatory process stalled vaccine delivery for months before an ...

Zoonotic pathogens very likely caused the last pandemic. Can we get better at halting them before the next one?

China has detected the new mutated strain of the mpox virus for the first time, as the pathogen spreads to more geographies ...

China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the "outbreak has been effectively handled".

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from exile as security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters ...

Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s ...