Ever since the 2022 global outbreak of mpox, the number of cases has died down in the United States, but Fulton County ...

Ghana has recorded its first death from Mpox, health authorities confirmed Sunday, amid a sharp rise in new infections in the ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a part of the same virus family that causes smallpox, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is not related to chickenpox.

Preliminary data from clinical trials of tecovirimat as a treatment for mpox virus infection have given disappointing results ...

The virus that causes mpox has typically been fairly stable and slow to mutate, but APOBEC-driven mutations can accelerate viral evolution, said Dr. Miguel Paredes in August, who is studying the ...

Mpox reached the U.S. as part of a global outbreak in 2022, resulting in 32,000 known infections and 58 deaths domestically. All those cases have been linked to the less virulent and contagious ...

Mpox infections are typically mild but infections can and do kill, with data suggesting the clade I variant has a death rate as high as 10%.

Study: Mpox poses an ever-increasing epidemic and pandemic risk. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI Generator / Shutterstock.com In a recent Nature Medicine study, researchers discuss the epidemic and ...

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14 sounded the alarm about an mpox virus outbreak, declaring it a global health emergency for the second time in two years. While the initial outbreak in ...

The new strain of mpox is highly contagious and severe. Though it hasn't hit the U.S., officials are preparing. Here's what to know about the virus.

Following an outbreak in Nigeria, clade II viruses sparked international spread in 2022. Mpox virus clades around the world, January 2022–September 2024 WHO ...