More donations should go directly to local organizations in Africa to prevent mpox from becoming the next pandemic ...

Doctors are encouraging Americans not to panic about mpox even after a recent severe case was detected in California and ...

The "risk of clade I mpox to the public in the United States remains low," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The vast majority of them have been in three African countries — Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo faces challenges launching an mpox vaccination in Kinshasa due to a shortage of doses.

Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First identified in Denmark in 1958 among two colonies of monkeys kept for ...

Health officials have confirmed a U.S. case of an aggressive new form of mpox, detected in northern California in someone who ...

The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in San Mateo upon return, according to the California Department of ...

The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials ...

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

The first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo has been confirmed, health officials said. The ...