The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that it will need $135 million over the next six months to combat the viral disease mpox. This does not include the cost of 2 million vaccine doses, according to a planning paper from the UN health agency in Geneva. The money is to chiefly be invested in diagnostic tests and research, the WHO said in Geneva on Monday. In addition, measures should be financed to prevent transmission from animals to humans and to involve communities in the fight against mpox, the WHO explained. The WHO had recently declared the highest alert level due to the mpox out…