An outbreak of monkeypox has broken out in Europe and North America. Learn about how this disease and what causes it in this ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

The NCDHHS has warned N.C. residents about detections of mpox particles associated with more serious symptoms.

The antiviral drug tecovirimat has been approved in Europe to treat mpox, on the basis of animal studies. But a clinical ...

Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

monkeypox and cowpox in Europe, and in the US and Canada for smallpox, although it can be used off-label for the other disease. The US FDA also approved a new intravenous form of the drug last week.

Mpox, previously called monkeypox, is a rare disease. Part of the same family as the virus that causes smallpox, it is caused by a type of virus typically found in West and Central Africa. It is ...

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has begun administering monkeypox (Mpox) vaccinations to medical personnel.

One of the new countries stockpiling ... a deadly and contagious disease that was irradicated in the 1980s in an unprecedented immunisation campaign. Monkeypox is both less contagious and less ...

The UK’s Health Security Agency released a list of infectious diseases worth monitoring for potential pandemic threats—and ...

TNX-801 is a single-dose, live virus vaccine in development to protect against mpox and smallpox TNX-801 protects ...