Osmundson is a clinical assistant professor of biology at New York University and author of “Virology.” Paredes is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Washington. As queer ...

Helen Branswell covered issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ...

The World Health Organization last week declared mpox (previously monkeypox) to be a global health emergency. The disease experienced a global outbreak in 2022, which subsided in Europe, Asia and the ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law. It follows a public health ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mpox has been declared a "public health emergency of international ...

This 1997 image was created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire. Pictured was the right arm and torso of a ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2022, to provide updated information. Mpox, which has been circulating in Central and Western Africa for many decades, has now spread globally, with ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new and possibly deadlier strain of mpox is spreading rapidly across ...

The alarming surge in human-to-human transmission of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections, particularly in high-risk, sexually active, and reproductive-age populations, along with the known association ...

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral infection caused by the mpox virus. It’s a milder, less serious relative of the virus that causes smallpox. If you’ve been exposed to it, within 3 weeks ...

Here’s a look at mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the United States. Mpox is a viral disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. In 2022, an outbreak was declared a public health ...

The new strain of the mpox virus is spreading quickly along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is “the most dangerous yet”, says the World Health Organization. The current ...