Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Sept 8 through Sept 14: 5. Papua New Guinea: First polio case reported in Port Moresby The report covered the first circulating vaccine-derived...

In a follow-up on the two imported monkeypox cases from Nigeria reported in the past week in England, Nigerian health officials (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control- NCDC) report they are working with the...

In a follow-up to a report Saturday, UK health officials are reporting a second individual has been diagnosed with monkeypox in England. There is no UK link to the patient diagnosed last week in Cornwall...

Officials with Public Health England are reporting a case of imported monkeypox, the first such case seen in the United Kingdom. The patient was staying at a naval base in Cornwall prior to transfer...

Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa. The disease was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958. In 1970, monkeypox was reported...

Twenty-nine cases of monkeypox have been detected in the Central African Republic (CAR) since the outbreak was confirmed in March. The WHO said since the beginning of 2018, recurrent monkeypox outbreaks...

Animal viral diseases and spillover to humans results in some of the most important and devastating infections and outbreaks known to humans. My guest today looks at a number of these zoonotic diseases...

By Oscar Nkala The number of cumulative Monkeypox cases in Cameroon has risen to 16 since the detection of the first two cases in the North-West region on April 30. In its latest analysis of the disease...

On Thursday, Andre Mama Fouda, Cameroon’s Public Health Minister issued a press statement saying human monkeypox cases have been reported in Njikwa, Momo Division, in the North West Region and Akwaya,...

According to a post on the Liberia Ministry of Health Facebook page yesterday, Acting Health Minister Norwu declared an outbreak of monkeypox. Nigerian news source, Vanguard, reported today that Liberia’s...