Mpox, a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, has a fatality rate of up to 11 per cent, according to the European ...

It’s not yet certain which animals are the natural carriers. But, based on the available evidence, it is thought to be ...

Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of ...

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person ... There are four known ...

The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk ...

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

In August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is characterized by rashes ... (AAD), mpox is a contagious disease caused by the mpox virus. This virus had outbreaks primarily in Africa. However, cases have ...

Health officials in Britain have detected the country's first confirmed human case of a new strain of mpox that has been ...

Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...

Mpox is spreading rapidly. Here are the questions researchers ... There are four known variants of the monkeypox virus: ...