The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a zoonotic viral disease typically found in Central and West Africa. The Clade 1b variant, however, appears to have adapted to spread more efficiently ...

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 ...

France has detected its first clade 1b mpox case, making it the eleventh country outside Africa to identify the virus. The virus originates from Central Africa and poses a severe threat with a ...

A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in East Sussex, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. First detected in central Africa, this variant of the virus appears to transmit ...

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 ... of Central and West Africa, near tropical ...

Britain has been stockpiling new Mpox vaccines since the WHO declared it a global threat. The virus emerged in west Africa and clade 2 was responsible for the 2022 outbreak, which has led to ...

The NHS offers the mpox vaccine to those deemed a higher risk of catching the virus, such as men who have sex with other men and have multiple partners. The first case of Clade 1b mpox ...

Clade Ib mpox has been found in several countries in Africa in recent months and imported cases have been detected in several countries including Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden and the US.

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported. The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday after the second case of the ...

primarily affecting areas in which mpox is endemic in the DRC, along with clade II in Nigeria and other countries in West and Central Africa and continued cases of clade IIb worldwide ...

The new variant of Mpox called, Clade Ib has been circulating among many countries outside of Africa as well. As pre recent news reports, France has also identified its first case of new mpox ...