The Latest Breaking News from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

The COVID-19 outbreak forced governments around the world to revamp their pandemic response programs, invest in drugs and vaccines and establish viral surveillance systems. Now monkeypox is putting those upgrades to the test — and they’re falling short.

WASHINGTON — Monkeypox “can be contained” in the U.S., with the goal of eventually eliminating the illness as testing and vaccinations ramp up, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said.

The WHO director-general's announcement that monkeypox is now a public health emergency of international concern is an escalation in the response to the disease. Here's what you need to know.

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A global emergency is WHO’s…

The WHO has said that over 16,000 people cases have been detected in 75 countries around the world. However, not all members of the emergency committee were in agreement about the designation.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of World Health Organization, made the announcement today

This alert is the highest alert the WHO can issue and comes in response to 16,000 reported cases from 75 countries