Mpox is an emergency of international concern. What does this mean?

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A more severe variant of the mpox virus is spreading fast, already causing hundreds of deaths in Africa.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern.

We have vaccines against mpox, so what aren't we doing to slow the spread?

Also, Australia is compared to other English-speaking countries and it turns out we're living longer.

References

• WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
• Life expectancy and geographic variation in mortality: an observational comparison study of six high-income Anglophone countries