For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus ...

An eighth case of the new deadly mpox strain has been detected in the UK, health officials have said. The clade 1b mutation has been dubbed "the most dangerous one so far" by experts. The ...

The number of Mpox cases reported in Africa this year has surpassed 9 959, as the death toll reached 85, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya told an online media briefing on Thursday evening.

We have been publishing stories of a number of people who have been through the throes of Mpox, a highly contagious zoonotic disease that originates from wild animals such as squirrels ...

The second mpox case of the year was detected on Thursday when a five-month-old infant with the disease arrived in Peshawar from Qatar, health authorities said. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Adviser ...

Mpox has been endemic in remote, rural areas of Africa for decades but has attracted relatively little attention until the global outbreak that began in 2022. In July of that year, I declared a ...

“Mpox took me down a day after Christmas. It all started when I scratched a tiny swelling on my neck and another underneath my private part. Soon, more rashes popped up all over my body with ...

Health authorities in Peshawar have confirmed the second case of the Mpox virus this year. The infection was detected in a five-month-old girl who arrived at Bacha Khan International Airport from ...

The NHS in England is expanding access to mpox vaccination for high-risk groups after delivery of new vaccine stocks. It follows an announcement in September that the Government has purchased more ...