The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a meeting of an expert group to determine if the growing spread of a deadlier strain of mpox represents a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he decided to convene the Emergency Committee in light of the growing spread of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the potential for further spread within and outside Africa. “The committee will meet as soon as possible and will be made up of independent experts from a range of relevant disciplines from around the w…