The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the UN World Health Organization ...

Mpox is "not the new Covid" and the risk to the general population is low, according to the WHO's regional director for Europe. The United Nations health agency recently declared mpox a global public ...

In 2022, mpox — a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which is found in small mammals and has been known to infect people in parts of Africa for decades — burst into greater international awareness ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2022, to provide updated information. Mpox, which has been circulating in Central and Western Africa for many decades, has now spread globally, with ...

There have been no cases of a new mpox strain detected in Singapore, the authorities said, after the variant form of the MPXV ...

The first case was reported in the United Kingdom, who had a travel history to a country in South-East Asia. The second case from India has a travel history to a country in the Arabian Peninsula.

Cases of a deadlier strain of mpox have been confirmed in four countries in Africa, raising alarm among health officials around the world. Levels of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the ...

Primary endpoint was met in clinical study, demonstrating a comparable safety profile and a non-inferior immune response for MVA-BN in children aged 2-11 years compared to adults. Results will support ...

The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate.

The US public health emergency declaration for mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, ends Tuesday. The outbreak, which once seemed to be spiraling out of control, has quietly wound down. The virus isn’t ...

Johannesburg — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they would start administering mpox vaccinations on Oct. 2, about a week sooner than initially planned, in a bid to ...