Amid a new surge of mpox in Africa, the spread of the more deadly clade I subtype, and a rising number of mpox cases in children, clinicians are struggling to understand this complex and evolving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without. The epidemic in Africa continues ...

The mpox virus appears to be circulating silently in parts of Nigeria, in many cases without the symptoms typically associated with the disease, according to new research led by scientists from the ...

Three new cases of clade I mpox — the more severe strain of the disease formerly known as “monkeypox” responsible for outbreaks in Central and Eastern Africa — have been identified in Southern ...

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 ...

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 ...