Mpox still a global health crisis: WHO

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that despite a drop-off in cases, it still considers mpox, previously known as monkeypox, an international health emergency. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reached that conclusion following the recommendations of the UN health agency's emergency committee, which met last Friday. "The committee has advised me that in its view, mpox remains a global health emergency, and I have accepted that advice," Tedros told reporters. Officials noticed a surge in what was then called monkeypox infections last May among men.