GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has an alert about Mpox virus in the state. The virus was formerly known as monkeypox. NCDHHS is asking people ...

At this time, the risk to the public remains low.Below is the information provided by health officials: "The mpox virus is primarily spread by prolonged close contact, typically skin-to-skin ...

PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Pitt County health officials are urging awareness and caution after Mpox virus was detected in wastewater samples. The samples were collected Mar. 25, Mar. 28 and Apr ...

Residents and health officials are concerned with the detection, especially as the program that found the virus early is at risk of being cut. Three positive samples of mpox, previously known as ...

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.

There are two genetic types of the virus, known as clade I and clade II. “At this time, the risk to the public remains low,” DHHS said. However, the Mpox strain of Clade I has not been ...

A strain of the mpox virus that causes a rash, fever, fatigue and other ailments and is spread through sustained personal contact has been detected in local wastewater samples, the Pitt County ...

The MPox Disease which is caused by hMPXV Clade 1a/1b virus infection was initially declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO in August 2024, a designation that ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Health officials in Pitt County are alerting residents that the mpox virus has been found in wastewater samples collected in Greenville. The Pitt County Health Department ...