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