The race to understand mpox

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Last month the World Health Organization declared the recent mpox outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency of international concern. As scientists race to find out more about the new strain, Ian Sample talks to Trudie Lang, professor of global health research and director of the global health network at the University of Oxford, to find out what we still need to learn in order to tackle and contain the virus. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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1:09.2	The World Health Organization is once again declaring an outbreak of MP a global health emergency and scientists say a new strain of the disease
1:16.9	may be more contagious than previous ones.
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