After the World Health Organization (WHO) opted to end COVID-19’s designation as a global public health emergency last week, the organization declared an end to another emergency on Thursday: mpox, the painful, potentially deadly disease formerly known as monkeypox.
A separate group of scientists for the health agency signalled that the global outbreak is now under control.
But while mpox may have faded from the headlines — and from public consciousness — experts say there’s still cause for concern if countries scale back surveillance and vaccination efforts at a time when the virus remains in global circulation.
“When case counts started declining, especially in the global
