Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is the latest virus outbreak promoting a World Health Organization emergency meeting. Large numbers of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

The original mpox outbreak began in 2022, but case numbers have rumbled on, despite countermeasures. Ben Hargreaves finds that a new variant of the virus is spreading more rapidly, and the ...

"The mpox virus is spread primarily through direct physical contact with someone who has mpox and has developed an infectious skin rash," said state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan. "Public ...

A New Hampshire resident has been diagnosed with clade I mpox, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, following a trip to eastern Africa, state health officials said Friday.

The HSE added that those who have received two doses of the mpox vaccine, or previously had the virus, are considered to have protection against severe illness caused by the newer variant.

The fighting has also affected the WHO's vaccine rollout for the mpox virus in eastern DRC. "Ninety percent of mpox patients in isolation units in Goma had to flee" and vaccination programs were ...

Yes, the HSE rolled out a vaccine programme during the last outbreak of the virus. People who have received two doses of the mpox vaccine or who have previously had mpox infection are considered ...

Twelve new mpox vaccination sites have opened across England, after another case of a strain of the virus was found in the UK. Health officials announced the new sites so every region in the ...

A New Hampshire resident has been diagnosed with clade I mpox, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, following a trip to eastern Africa, state health officials said Friday.