For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare outbreaks of related viruses appeared. But today, mpox, once confined ...

In 2022, the United States and many other high-income countries experienced their first-ever widespread outbreak of mpox, a virus that was previously only seen as a threat in African countries. After ...

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported more than 5,000 laboratory-confirmed cases this year. Given the ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. The mpox outbreak in several African nations has slowed and countries ...

In August 2024, the news came in quick succession. On Tuesday — Aug. 13, 2024 — Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency of continental concern. The ...

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a disease caused by a virus in the same family as the smallpox virus. In the ongoing global outbreak, most cases have been linked to sexual contact between men, ...

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 ...

You may have heard about mpox in the news, especially since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a public health emergency of international concern last month – but what exactly is it, and ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Most patients diagnosed with mpox in 2022 had at least ...