The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 23 new cases of Mpox, pushing the country’s total case count to 257 as of July ...

The total number of Mpox cases in the country rose to 257 after 23 new infections were confirmed this past week.

Through close physical contact with someone who has an mpox infection. Close physical contact includes skin-to-skin contact, hugging, massage, kissing and intimate touching, oral, anal or vaginal sex.

Most people fully recover after a few weeks, although the risk with clade I mpox has historically believed to be higher than with the clade II strain that has circulated in the U.S. since 2022.

The Gambia reported an outbreak of mpox Tuesday with detection of a single case, as several nearby countries have recorded ...

What is mpox? Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which is not a new virus. It was discovered in 1958 in a colony of monkeys that were being researched.

The number of mpox cases in Guinea since an outbreak was first detected has passed 200, health officials told AFP Friday, ...

While an outbreak of clade II mpox has been seen in the U.S. and elsewhere since 2022, the first U.S. clade I case was confirmed this weekend by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

One person has died from Mpox, as Ghana's total case count has risen to 257 as of July 22, 2025. This marks the first Mpox-related fatality recorded in the country this year. In previous years, Ghana ...

For one thing, COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that spreads through the air, whereas mpox spreads via close physical contact and does not readily transmit via the air.

However, it also can pass from person to person through physical contact, according to the CDC. In fact, more human-to-human than animal-to-human transmissions have been reported since 2016 ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced the death of one person from Mpox since the outbreak of the disease. The confirmed cases have increased to 257.