The person traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in San Mateo County. California health officials said the new mpox variant isn't spreading in the state.

The first known case of a new, more severe strain of mpox in the US has been found in the Bay Area. San Mateo County Health ...

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

Health officials have confirmed a U.S. case of an aggressive new form of mpox, detected in northern California in someone who ...

The California Department of Public Health has confirmed the first known case of Clade I mpox in the U.S., following laboratory testing of a patient who recently traveled from East Africa.

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe mpox variant has been confirmed in a person who had recently traveled to East ...

Health officials in the United States are on alert following the confirmation of a severe case of mpox, a disease ...

Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First identified in Denmark in 1958 among two colonies of monkeys kept for ...

The county of San Mateo has now had the first reported case of clade I mpox in the United States, according to the California ...

The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in San Mateo upon return, according to the California Department of ...

The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease ...

The individual in question had recently returned from eastern Africa, the state health department said. Also in the news: bird flu, covid, and dengue fever.