Scientists monitor mpox virus mutations and human-to-human transmission, impacting vaccination strategies in Africa.

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person, according to an analysis ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

Investigation of the Clade la strain of the virus circulation in Central Africa shows genetic mutations indicative of ...

Health officials in Britain have detected the country's first confirmed human case of a new strain of mpox that has been ...

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.” It's a possible sign that the epidemic for which ...

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with chickenpox. Three people in the UK have been found to be infected with the ...

Mpox, a viral infection that was previously known as monkeypox, is spread primarily through close contact with an infected ...

Two more UK cases of the potentially deadly strain of the mpox virus have been detected in household contacts of the first case, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. This brings the total ...

The new mpox variant, first detected in eastern Congo earlier this year, is believed by scientists to cause milder, less noticeable symptoms, making it easier for the virus to spread undetected.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the virus, and another 7 million for the rest of Africa. So far ...

The virus particles are in various stages of maturity ... They too are now being treated at a hospital in London. “Mpox is very infectious in households with close contact and so it is not ...