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 ...

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 ...

A new strain of mpox has been confirmed on American shores after a traveler returned to California from a visit to Africa, ...

The infected individual, who received treatment in San Mateo County, recently returned from Africa, where an mpox outbreak is ...

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

Mpox — previously known as monkeypox because it was first seen in research monkeys — is spread primarily through close ...

Health authorities in California on Saturday reported the first known case of a person infected with a new, contagious strain ...

The nation's first-known case of a more aggressive strain of mpox was detected in California, officials said Saturday. A ...

There is no evidence that the mpox clade I strain is spreading between people in California or elsewhere in the U.S.

Mpox vaccination urged Mpox is primarily transmitted via skin-to-skin contact, including sex, hands-on caregiving, and ...