Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday shows meaningful declines in STI rates between 2022 ...

The World Health Organisation on Monday announced that it is set to convene its Emergency Committee on November 22 to assess ...

The Africa CDC said the vaccination deployment guide was created in anticipation of the vaccine delivery to the region.

Ebola, Zika, and mpox can spread through sexual contact. In fact, sexually transmitted cases of at least five other ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the UK, making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.