President Joe Biden announced that the US will donate doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations tackling the epidemic. He said that the US will also contribute $500 million to African countries. The World Health Organisation declared the mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern this summer, citing the spread of a more transmissible strain.

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