MPOX has the potential to become a significant global threat if international action isn’t taken now, warn scientists. Mpox ...

Insufficient research on mpox hinders effective control strategies, emphasizing the need to understand its transmission and ...

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

Scientists warn monkeypox could become a serious global threat as it shows signs of sustained human-to-human transmission.

The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary film-makers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra.

Common symptoms of mpox include a skin rash or pus-filled lesions which can last 2 to 4 weeks. It can also cause fever, headaches, muscle aches, back pain, low energy and swollen lymph nodes.

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

"The risk to the UK population from mpox remains low. The majority of people who have presented with symptoms report close physical contact, including massages, or sex prior to developing symptoms.

The retrospective observational study reported by Emile Malembi and colleagues in The Lancet1 provides a comprehensive clinical description of mpox cases caused by ongoing outbreaks in the DR Congo, ...

In a disease outbreak update, the WHO said Saudi officials reported 11 confirmed cases of IMD on March 13. All 11 cases were ...

All previous mpox cases in the UK were found in someone who travelled to an affected country or knew someone who had ...