In August, the disease which continues to spread in Africa was classified by the UN health body as a public health emergency of international concern, which represents the highest form of alert.

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same family of viruses as smallpox. Few new cases emerged in India this year during ...

These days a new concern is on the minds of its visitors: mpox. The first human case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was described in the 1970s. The disease is thought to be caused by a ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trial of an mpox vaccine in adolescents found it was safe and generated an antibody response equivalent to that seen in adults, according to a ...

Authorities reported the first case of the new mpox strain in the U.K. last week, stating that a patient is receiving treatment at a London hospital following recent travel to African countries ...

Nineteen African countries have seen more than 48,000 suspected mpox cases including 1,048 deaths so far this year, according ...

A deadly new variant of the Mpox virus has spread through countries in Africa - and concerns are intensifying after Europe and Asia report their first cases. Over the past two years the UK has ...

Children suffering from mpox wait for a treatment at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The number of mpox -related deaths in ...

LONDON — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a ...

To date, there have been about 43,000 suspect cases of mpox in Africa, including more than 1,000 deaths, mostly in Congo. On Wednesday, WHO said it had allocated 899,900 vaccine doses to nine ...