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

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

I battled a high fever for six days, and just as it started to improve, I noticed a large, painful abscess in my private parts,” recalls Emily Nayebale, 27. ;A single mother of one, Nayebale first ...

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

The only antiviral recognised as an mpox treatment was unable to shorten the time to resolution of lesions in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicentre of an outbreak ...

Prof Sharifa Ezat also said that smallpox antiviral treatments are used to treat mpox and reduce its symptoms. “The smallpox vaccine is said to reduce the risk of getting infected by 85%,” she ...

“This study brought us a step forward in better understanding mpox disease and potential treatment strategies,” said Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and ...

Patrick Bahati is treated for Mpox at the Miti Murhesa hospital, some 25kms from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) 32,355 people ...

Dr. Maluquer de Motes adds, "Mpox control has to climb up the global health agenda. We have limited diagnostic tools and even fewer antiviral treatments. We urgently need better surveillance and ...

The antiviral drug tecovirimat used without other antivirals did not reduce the time to clinical resolution of clade II mpox lesions or improve pain control among adults in an international ...

“This study brought us a step forward in better understanding mpox disease and potential treatment strategies,” said Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., director of NIH’s National Institute of ...