Transmission of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, comes through close, intimate skin-to-skin contact, according to the CDPH.

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 ...

CDC scientists said a patient in California had tested positive for the Clade I strain, which kills up to one in ten people ...

A San Mateo County resident was diagnosed with the first known case in the United States of a certain variation of mpox, known as clade I mpox, the county’s health department and California Department ...

With the urgent need for faster and more effective diagnostic tools to detect Monkeypox, researchers have pioneered an ...

Dermatologists boast some of medicine’s most enviable work lives, and more aspiring doctors are vying for residency spots in ...

Dr. Shyam Sundar Nandi from the National Institute of Virology has created a rapid mpox testing kit that delivers results in ...

The monkeypox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals and it can also be passed from human to human ...

A person in California tested positive for mpox clade I, the first time the strain has been reported in the U.S.