Evidence about the virus and the spread of disease indicates animals that may be a reservoir of the mpox virus. In the DRC, 43 species of animals, including primates, have shown positive evidence of ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is easing fears that Ghana may be at high risk of contracting the deadly Mpox virus.

Talks between WHO member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will roll into 2025 after countries ...

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

Private insurance companies in the U.S. aren’t required to cover the cost of the mpox vaccine, which costs $270 a dose.

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Health officials have reported two additional cases of a newly detected mpox strain in the UK. But what exactly is Mpox? And ...

LONDON -- Two new cases of the version of mpox that has fueled a deadly outbreak in central Africa have been detected in ...

YEALA TOWN, Lofa County – Junior cries to his mother as another stranger approaches the front of their house. The two-year-old has met too many new people since he came down with mpox in August. By ...

The two cases were detected in household contacts of the first case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the UK to three.