Monkeys live throughout Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. They’re distinct from other types of primate, like ...

Africa’s health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people, where monkeypox is endemic in some areas, does not have a single dose of vaccine.

In a separate briefing Thursday by the WHO, emergency officer Otim Patrick Ramadan said there is no evidence yet that monkeypox is transmitted by gay sex as 60% of cases in Africa are men while 40 ...

A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the second one in 28 years, say scientists. The primate was discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo where it is known locally as a ...

This means that there is a risk of wild animals, likely rodents, catching it from human waste. There are a number of species that host monkeypox in Africa – like this gambian rat.