Sustained local transmission is being blamed for the most recent outbreak in cases of the mpox virus, the first outbreak ...

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with ...

As the Democratic Republic of Congo launches a vaccination campaign amid a flare-up of the sometimes deadly illness mpox, AFP ...

Mpox, previously known as monkey pox, is a contagious virus that can cause painful skin lesions. The WHO declared mpox, which used to be called monkeypox, a public health emergency in Africa in ...

“Mpox does not spread easily between people unless there is close contact.” Spread between people may occur through: Direct contact with rash, skin lesions or scabs (including during sexual ...

Mpox, once known as monkeypox, comes from the same family of viruses as smallpox but causes milder symptoms such as fever. People with more serious cases can develop skin lesions. More than 720 ...

African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under layers of children’s skin to induce an immune response, a method not ...

Most people with mpox develop a rash or other skin change. These are known as “lesions”. Lesions are spots, bumps, blisters or sores. Sign up to The Daily H, a free newsletter curated by our ...

Deadly in some cases, it causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like lesions on the skin. ALSO READ: WHO approves first mpox vaccine for global use The World Health Organization (WHO ...