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WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever.

A new study finds that a single dose of the mpox vaccine offers 58 per cent protection against the virus, providing promising evidence for its effectiveness in real-world settings.

Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Nigeria and elsewhere before the disease prompted the 2022 outbreak in more than 70 countries.

Toronto Public Health unit said as of July 31 there have been a total of 93 confirmed cases of the mpox compared with 21 cases for the same period in 2023.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the virus in parts of Africa. 

The University of Calgary is hoping to find out whether fecal microbiota transplantation — a poop transplant — can reduce symptoms of major depression disorder and OCD.

As mpox cases escalate in Africa and increase in other countries like Canada, the World Health Organization on Wednesday again declared the virus a global public health emergency.

A new mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) strain has been discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a team of Dalhousie researchers and local scientists.

Toronto Public Health says 21 cases of mpox have been confirmed in the city since the start of this year compared with a total of 27 cases for all of 2023.

A team of University of Lethbridge researchers broke down the genetic code of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a foundation discovery for future treatment.

Dr. Luc Boileau, interim public health director in the province, said several more suspected cases of the virus are under investigation in Quebec.

Quebec now has a total of 141 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the province's health department said Thursday. Thousands of people have been vaccinated since late May.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health did not say where in Canada the man travelled to or when, but added the case does not pose a risk to the general public.

The health unit says contacts of the case are being offered a vaccine as a form of post-exposure prophylaxis.

The world is no better prepared for a new pandemic threat than it was when COVID-19 emerged in 2019, according to a review panel set up to evaluate the global response.

A Winnipeg man who has had lifelong struggles after contracting polio as a child encourages parents to make sure their children get vaccinated now that the virus has resurfaced.

The World Health Organization's top monkeypox expert said she doesn't expect the virus to turn into another pandemic, but says there are still many unknowns about the disease.

In a press release Friday, TPH said the newly-suspected case brings the total tally in the city to one confirmed case, two probable cases and five suspected cases.

A professor at the University of Toronto is using the Canadian Light Source to research HIV and investigate the key proteins in hopes of understanding how it works.