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Mpox Outbreak in Africa: A Year After WHO Emergency Declaration
The mpox outbreak in Africa has spread to 24 countries, with over 97,000 suspected cases and nearly 600 deaths in 2025, despite $1.1 billion in pledged aid; challenges include underreporting, conflict, reduced foreign aid, and vaccine distribution issues.
Mpox Outbreak in Africa: A Year After WHO Emergency Declaration
The mpox outbreak in Africa has spread to 24 countries, with over 97,000 suspected cases and nearly 600 deaths in 2025, despite $1.1 billion in pledged aid; challenges include underreporting, conflict, reduced foreign aid, and vaccine distribution issues.
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44% Bias Score
Liberia Strengthens Mpox Surveillance Amidst Sierra Leone Outbreak
Liberia's health authorities are strengthening cross-border surveillance to curb Mpox spread from neighboring Sierra Leone, which has 1,904 active cases, 14 deaths, and a limited vaccine supply; Liberia currently has five active cases.
Liberia Strengthens Mpox Surveillance Amidst Sierra Leone Outbreak
Liberia's health authorities are strengthening cross-border surveillance to curb Mpox spread from neighboring Sierra Leone, which has 1,904 active cases, 14 deaths, and a limited vaccine supply; Liberia currently has five active cases.
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20% Bias Score
Liberia Launches Mpox Vaccination Campaign in Sinje After Confirmed Case
Following a confirmed Mpox case in an 11-month-old girl in Sinje, Liberia, a vaccination campaign using over 10,000 doses provided by Africa CDC has started, targeting vulnerable populations to prevent wider spread; no deaths have been reported despite the international health emergency declaration.
Liberia Launches Mpox Vaccination Campaign in Sinje After Confirmed Case
Following a confirmed Mpox case in an 11-month-old girl in Sinje, Liberia, a vaccination campaign using over 10,000 doses provided by Africa CDC has started, targeting vulnerable populations to prevent wider spread; no deaths have been reported despite the international health emergency declaration.
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40% Bias Score
Global Health Security Under Threat Amidst Rising Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Military Spending"
Concurrent outbreaks of an unidentified hemorrhagic fever in the DRC (over 50 deaths), mpox, and other infectious diseases in the Sahel highlight the global threat of infectious diseases exacerbated by conflict, climate change, and food insecurity; a shift in global priorities towards military spend...
Global Health Security Under Threat Amidst Rising Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Military Spending"
Concurrent outbreaks of an unidentified hemorrhagic fever in the DRC (over 50 deaths), mpox, and other infectious diseases in the Sahel highlight the global threat of infectious diseases exacerbated by conflict, climate change, and food insecurity; a shift in global priorities towards military spend...
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52% Bias Score
DRC Mpox Outbreak Worsens Amidst Conflict and U.S. Aid Freeze
The Democratic Republic of Congo's mpox outbreak worsens due to the combined effects of the M23 rebel group's takeover of Goma and a U.S. aid freeze, disrupting monitoring, treatment, and containment efforts, potentially leading to a broader outbreak.
DRC Mpox Outbreak Worsens Amidst Conflict and U.S. Aid Freeze
The Democratic Republic of Congo's mpox outbreak worsens due to the combined effects of the M23 rebel group's takeover of Goma and a U.S. aid freeze, disrupting monitoring, treatment, and containment efforts, potentially leading to a broader outbreak.
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44% Bias Score
U.S. Foreign Aid Pause Cripples Global Health Initiatives
The U.S. pause on foreign aid, impacting programs fighting polio, HIV, and other diseases, has caused an immediate stop to HIV services in 50 countries, leaving almost 60,000 people in Myanmar without access to care; the WHO is seeking solutions, including a $50 billion endowment.
U.S. Foreign Aid Pause Cripples Global Health Initiatives
The U.S. pause on foreign aid, impacting programs fighting polio, HIV, and other diseases, has caused an immediate stop to HIV services in 50 countries, leaving almost 60,000 people in Myanmar without access to care; the WHO is seeking solutions, including a $50 billion endowment.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Mpox: One Year After the Emergency Declaration
A year after the WHO declared mpox a global health emergency, the situation in the West has calmed, but the virus continues to spread in the DRC and neighboring countries, primarily affecting children due to conflict and limited access to vaccines.
Mpox: One Year After the Emergency Declaration
A year after the WHO declared mpox a global health emergency, the situation in the West has calmed, but the virus continues to spread in the DRC and neighboring countries, primarily affecting children due to conflict and limited access to vaccines.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Sierra Leone's Mpox Outbreak: Healthcare System Overwhelmed
Sierra Leone, experiencing a surging mpox outbreak with over 200 new cases in April and a 71% weekly increase in early May, declared a public health emergency in January 2025; this highlights critical healthcare system challenges including inadequate bed capacity, low isolation compliance, and passi...
Sierra Leone's Mpox Outbreak: Healthcare System Overwhelmed
Sierra Leone, experiencing a surging mpox outbreak with over 200 new cases in April and a 71% weekly increase in early May, declared a public health emergency in January 2025; this highlights critical healthcare system challenges including inadequate bed capacity, low isolation compliance, and passi...
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44% Bias Score
China Begins Phase I Trials for First Mpox Vaccine Candidate
China's first mpox vaccine candidate, an MVA strain developed by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, has started Phase I clinical trials in Zhengzhou, involving 120 participants from high-risk groups, aiming to accelerate mpox prevention in China and globally.
China Begins Phase I Trials for First Mpox Vaccine Candidate
China's first mpox vaccine candidate, an MVA strain developed by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, has started Phase I clinical trials in Zhengzhou, involving 120 participants from high-risk groups, aiming to accelerate mpox prevention in China and globally.
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20% Bias Score
WHO Maintains Highest Alert Level for Mpox Outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak, particularly the spread of the Ib clade variant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a continued international health emergency due to rising infection numbers, geographical spread, and the impact of ongoing conflict i...
WHO Maintains Highest Alert Level for Mpox Outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak, particularly the spread of the Ib clade variant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a continued international health emergency due to rising infection numbers, geographical spread, and the impact of ongoing conflict i...
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40% Bias Score
DRC Disease Outbreak: 53 Dead Within 48 Hours
A mysterious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 53 people within 48 hours of symptom onset since January 21, with 419 total cases recorded; initial tests rule out Ebola and Marburg, while some samples were positive for malaria.
DRC Disease Outbreak: 53 Dead Within 48 Hours
A mysterious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 53 people within 48 hours of symptom onset since January 21, with 419 total cases recorded; initial tests rule out Ebola and Marburg, while some samples were positive for malaria.
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40% Bias Score
US Funding Cuts Exacerbate Uganda's Healthcare Crisis Amidst Multiple Outbreaks
Uganda faces a severe healthcare crisis due to US funding cuts to USAID and WHO, coinciding with Ebola, Marburg, and Mpox outbreaks, and high HIV rates; 1.2 million Ugandans rely on US-provided HIV medication, now jeopardized.
US Funding Cuts Exacerbate Uganda's Healthcare Crisis Amidst Multiple Outbreaks
Uganda faces a severe healthcare crisis due to US funding cuts to USAID and WHO, coinciding with Ebola, Marburg, and Mpox outbreaks, and high HIV rates; 1.2 million Ugandans rely on US-provided HIV medication, now jeopardized.
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52% Bias Score
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