Preexisting immunity to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus provided near-complete protection against severe H5N1 disease and ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that people who have received both doses of the mpox vaccine — along with people who have already had clade II mpox — “are expected ...

Clade I has historically caused more severe illness compared to clade II, the strain associated with other U.S. cases of mpox. California public health officials said recent infections indicate ...

In experiments conducted in a biosafety level 3 facility, the researchers studied ferrets that had antibodies to seasonal flu ...

Queensland confirms its first case of Mpox Clade 1. This strain is more severe than previous ones. The patient recently ...

Clade 1b, a new variant of the Clade 1 strain, is the virus that is currently spreading across Africa, and is thought to cause more severe disease than previous variants.

Clade Ib spread has been associated with men who have sex with men as well, but also sex workers and their clients, and household contacts of these individuals.

However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the clade 1 case fatality rate has been estimated to be 3.6% this year. Those at greatest risk of dying are those without access to vaccinations and ...

Clade II was responsible for the global outbreak that began in 2022, according to the CDC. Since January 2023, the DRC has reported the largest number of suspected clade I mpox cases on record ...

Clade 1b infections in areas that have previously not reported mpox are spreading sexually in female sex workers and their male customers, as well as men who have sex with men, officials say.

The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (Reuters) - One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country's ministry of health said on Monday, adding that no cases of the clade 1b ...