Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain
Mpox’s rapid spread in Africa raises concerns it may now be more infectious and more severe

A health care worker checks on a 2-year-old child who is being treated for mpox at the Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 14, 2024. The country is at the center of an mpox outbreak that has spread to other countries.