By Kizzy Cox ·Updated August 16, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a global emergency amid surging infection rates among children and adults in more than a dozen countries, CBS News reports.
A global emergency is the WHO’s highest level of alert, and it comes after the Africa Centers for Disease Control declared earlier this week that mpox outbreaks are a public health emergency. With more than 500 deaths already
