In a large, nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), researchers found mortality risks for smoking menthol cigarettes were higher than non-menthol cigarettes for death from any cause ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans.

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also confirmed a total of three cases, one in California, in Georgia and ...

A series of reports released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show sexually transmitted ...

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said a person from Merrimack County has become the first ...

Officials with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said the person recently traveled to eastern Africa, ...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

There is currently community transmission of the virus in Uganda, which has so far recorded 2,209 confirmed Mpox cases and 13 deaths since July 2024. The UKHSA says the United Kingdom has so far ...

The second mpox case of the year was detected on Thursday when a five-month-old infant with the disease arrived in Peshawar from Qatar, health authorities said. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Adviser ...

These cases resulted in 1492 deaths (case fatality rate, 3.3%). From 2022 to 2024, weekly laboratory-confirmed mpox cases increased ... who were 15 years of age or younger. The consistency of ...