WHO asks experts to help decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency

• The World Health Organization Director-General said he would ask independent experts to advise WHO on whether the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa should be declared a global emergency. • The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that cases are up 160% and deaths have jumped by 19% compared with the same time period last year. • Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of the deadlier version of mpox in Congo, which can kill up 10% of people. The head...