Category: West African

CDC Concerned About Pace of Monkeypox ‘Developing Worldwide’ Among Gay and Bisexual Men

U.S. health officials are concerned about the pace monkeypox is “developing worldwide” and said they will launch an awareness effort targeting gay and bisexual men and their health care providers ahead of Pride Month starting next week. This comes as 200 Massachusetts health care workers are being monitored as contacts of the man who was…


As Many as 17 Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Liberia

MONROVIA—As many as 17 people were missing from a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend despite being barred from setting sail, the Maritime Commissioner said. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday for a port in the West African country’s south, despite being under a detention…