Clade Ia and Ib mpox has been downgraded from a high consequence infectious disease in the UK, public health officials have confirmed. A review by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens found ...

Scientists say the same mutation has already been seen in the Clade 1b mpox strain, which has spread far beyond Africa to the UK, Europe and Asia within the last year. Experts have warned ...

clade 1b is primarily contracted through sexual contact. Then 2022 mpox outbreak in the UK was caused by a different Mpox - clade 2b.

as well as the UK, Europe and Asia. There are two Clades of the virus: Clade 1 (with subclades 1a and 1b) and clade 2, which caused global mpox outbreak in 2022–2023. The World Health ...

The UKHSA is actively expanding access to mpox vaccines across England. Health officials announced the opening of 12 new mpox vaccination sites across England last month. This expansion means that ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be ... that has already spread from Africa to the UK. The health officials are calling on the ...

A new variant of mpox that may be better adapted to spread between people has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new strain is a mutation of Clade 1a mpox – an older ...

Mpox was first discovered in 1958 in groups of monkeys kept for research and can be transmitted from both monkeys and humans. Common symptoms range from rashes, fever, sore through to muscle aches, ...