Cases of monkeypox spreading outside of its normal area in Africa are causing concern. The disease was first spotted in monkeys in 1958, which gave it its name. But humans don't tend to get the ...

The World Health Organization has said the current outbreak of monkeypox is the largest ever recorded outside sub-Saharan Africa, with cases rising above the 100-mark a few days ago and the UK top ...

Update (November 28): The World Health Organization announced today that, to avoid the potential for racist and stigmatizing language, it will begin using the term “mpox” for the disease and will ...

As of August 4, there have been 26,864 confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide. Of those, there have been 10 confirmed deaths in Spain, Brazil, India, Ghana, and Nigeria. There are 7,102 monkeypox ...

The prevention and treatment of monkeypox How monkeypox is transmitted and ways to contain its spread The social context for monkeypox and ways to reduce stigma ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more than 133,000 cases were reported across 131 countries. In August 2024 ...