Children at the centre of a dangerous monkeypox outbreak 'accelerating' in DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to control a far deadlier form of mpox, known as clade one, which is spreading unchecked
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to control a far deadlier form of mpox, known as clade one, which is spreading unchecked
Measles, the great scourge of infants during Victorian England, is back with a vengeance. It doesn’t seem so long ago that the World Health Organisation was declaring that the viral infection – which can spread to the brain and cause neurological complications as well as pneumonia – had been eliminated in England, thanks to the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Experts say the DRC’s outbreak, where ‘hundreds have probably been killed’, demonstrates the global threat posed by the illness
As monkeypox spreads across Europe, experts argue the rise of the virus is linked to declining protection against its far deadlier cousin
Outbreak is ‘significant’ but risk to population remains low, say officials