The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure, an important step in improving global access to mpox testing.

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox that will provide immediate results. This will increase testing capabilities in countries facing outbreaks, it says.

The World Health Organization has authorized Abbott Laboratories' mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, the first such approval in the agency's effort to bolster testing capabilities in countries facing outbreaks of the disease. The real-time PCR test, Alinity m MPXV assay, enables detection of mpox virus DNA from human skin…

The diagnostic tool is a real-time polymerase chain reaction test made by Abbott Molecular.

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the first testing kit to diagnose Mpox under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). Developed by Abbott Molecular Inc, the in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) Mpox testing is called Alinity m MPXV assay. The test, approved for emergency use, will help in ramping up testing capabilities in countries which […]

Says approval "pivotal" and test “represents a significant milestone in expanding testing availability in affected countries".

Lack of testing and delays in getting the results have made curbing the virus's spread harder.

A new and  highly contagious strain of monkeypox is spreading globally, affecting countries where it was previously unknown. But there's hope. The first

The first mpox testing kit has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

GENEVA (Oct 4): The UN health agency said today that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks. More than 800 people have died across Africa from mpox, where the disease has been officially detected in 16 countries, according to the

The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks.

UN health agency approves first diagnostic test for mpox, crucial for countries facing outbreaks, WHO says.

UN health agency approves first diagnostic test for mpox, crucial for countries facing outbreaks, WHO says.