Most European cases have been reported in people who had travelled to parts of Africa with ongoing mpox outbreaks. View on ...

For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare ...

As mpox continues to spread within the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, concern is growing over how best to respond to this second mpox Public Health Emergency of International ...

Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the ...

MoH Truck driver tests positive for Mpox in Malaba But researchers in the vast Central African nation say the mortality rate from the strain can be as much as 10 per cent among children.

The NIH/INRB trial, however, is focusing on the Clade I strain of mpox that is endemic in Central Africa. A variant of that strain – known as Clade Ib – is responsible for a surge in cases in ...

The viral zoonotic disease mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has periodically affected African nations since its discovery in 1958. Historically, it remained confined to specific regions ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been busy improving mpox diagnosis in Africa, listing the first in-vitro diagnostic for the virus under its emergency use framework. The agency has also ...

ADDIS ABABA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Africa's ongoing mpox outbreak has reached 1,724 since the beginning of 2024, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

New clade IIb cases were recently reported in Australia, South Africa and South America. In addition, increasing numbers of clade I Mpox infections (including a new Ib variant) have been recorded ...