Public health officials are urging people at higher risk of exposure to mpox to get vaccinated—and for health care providers to watch for symptoms among patients—as transmission of a more serious ...

Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission --m eaning from animals to humans -- and these spillovers have rarely led to human-to-human transmission. But during ...

The Oregon Health Authority is asking people who are at higher risk of getting mpox to make sure they’re vaccinated as a more ...

The Oregon Health Authority issued a warning on Thursday, urging people at a higher risk of exposure to mpox to get ...

For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare outbreaks of related viruses appeared. But today, mpox, once confined ...

Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the University of Surrey. Mpox is a viral infection caused by a virus that belongs ...

Community transmission of a more serious type of mpox virus is increasing in several countries. Here's what health officials want Oregonians to know.

Picture this: you are planning travel, social gatherings, events or global connections and suddenly, a virus you thought was nearly contained resurfaces with a variant twist. That is the backdrop of ...

A vial of mpox vaccine awaiting use at the General Hospital in Goma, DR Congo. The WHO has lifted the global public health emergency - Copyright AFP Aubin Mukoni A ...

Participants from the Pan-African mpox consortium collaborated to produce and analyze mpox genomic data from West and Central Africa, resulting in a dataset that is around three times larger than any ...

Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists. Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too ...