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 ...

A SEVENTH case of a deadly mpox strain that kills one in 10 infected people has been detected in the UK. A mutation of the disease, Clade 1b has been called the "most dangerous" variant yet.

HONG KONG--Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health Organization ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another case of mpox clade 1b has been detected in England. There have been six confirmed cases of the variant in the UK so far. In August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a ...