Monkeypox outbreak in Africa declared global health emergency

An outbreak in Africa of mpox (previously called monkeypox) that has killed more than 500 people was declared a global health emergency on Wednesday. The World Health Organization had been considering the label for weeks. It calls for more funding and global cooperation to fight the disease. The latest mpox outbreak has been largely concentrated in the sprawling Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. But recent spread of the disease into Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya led the WHO to declare a global emergency. “We are now in...