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

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

As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer "clade Ib" strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed ...

According to the California Department of Public Health, the person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in ...

The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a ...

Mpox causes a painful rash that can appear anywhere on the body, sometimes accompanied by fever and other flu-like symptoms.