The return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States weakens research in public health, especially for countries with fewer resources to respond to a health crisis. The cutback of key American funds for disease control and the decline of international research projects threaten the scientific community – particularly the African one – which has repeatedly stated that health requires globally coordinated actions. A clear example is the Ebola outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which particularly concerns experts and health authorities: with over a thousand confirmed cases and 269 deaths, it represents the seventeenth epidemic in this country.

A 49-year-old man residing in the Community of Madrid is the first case of autochthonous infection (from person to person within the country without prior travel) of the most contagious strain of MPOX (formerly known as monkeypox), clade 1b. Until now, all reported cases were imported from abroad.