Antibodies provided by mpox vaccination all but disappear within six to 12 months, new research finds, underscoring the need for boosters to maintain strong protection.

Nature talks to the mpox coordinator for Africa's public-health agency about how the continent will handle its first jabs ever.

Mpox is a virus spread through skin-to-skin contact, especially sex. It's spreading again in Africa after an international outbreak in 2022, but vaccines received at that time no

The World Health Organization said Thursday it approved the first mpox invitro diagnostic for emergency use. The Affinity m MPXV assay, made by Abbott Molecular, will expand global diagnostic capacity.

The first diagnostic test for mpox has been approved by the World Health Organization in a bid to expand its availability and stop the spread of lethal outbreaks of the disease in Africa.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox where the results can be immediately known, saying it could prove pivotal in helping to stop the rising global cases of the deadly virus. The new PCR test enables the detection of the mpox DNA taken from skin lesion swabs.