With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as the number of cases continue to rise, the most important thing you can do is know ...
Public health efforts are showing reassuring results. There are early signs that new monkeypox cases are slowing down in the U.S. Experts are optimistic that the virus can be completely eliminated ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- With cases of monkeypox on the rise across the country and here in the tri-state area, health experts say college students set to return in the fall need to proceed with caution ...
Health workers are rushing to contain a deadly outbreak of mpox after hundreds of suspected cases were reported in Madagascar ...
The World Health Organization announced Monday that "mpox" is now the preferred name for monkeypox. "Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to the monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than 7,100 Americans. The ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Doctors in France believe a dog has contracted the monkeypox virus from a human. News of this was published in a medical journal called The Lancet and now doctors here in the states ...
According to reports, cases of monkeypox are declining, but racial disparities of infection are growing. Here's what needs to change. To contextualize this, let’s first look at the very name of ...
The seven-day average has declined by 50% in one month. After weeks of rising cases, the monkeypox outbreak appears to be significantly slowing down in the United States. As of Sept. 21, the latest ...
Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more than 133,000 cases were reported across 131 countries. In August 2024, the ...
The monkeypox virus is evolving 6-12 times faster than would be expected, according to a new study. The virus is thought to have a single origin, the genetic data suggests, and is a likely descendant ...