Victoria is facing a record-setting mpox outbreak, the state's chief health officer has warned, and cases continue to rise across other Australian jurisdictions. Professor Ben Cowie said in an ...

The mpox outbreak has reached its peak in Victoria in line with a national surge to more than 1000 cases in 2024, with some patients ending up in hospital.

At the same time, the clade 2 strain of mpox is surging, with Australia recording the second highest number of cases in the world in August, prompting renewed health warnings. Burnet Director and ...

four in the Northern Territory and two in Western Australia. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is from the same family as the one responsible for smallpox.. In August, Australia had the ...

The mpox outbreak has reached its peak in Victoria in line with a national surge to more than 1000 cases in 2024, with some patients ending up in hospital. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to ...