Mozambique has reported a sudden increase in mpox virus cases within the last 48 hours, according to health authorities.A ...

As African countries continue to grapple with multiple mpox outbreaks involving different clades and transmission patterns, ...

Mozambique has reported a sharp uptick in mpox virus infections, with 11 confirmed cases emerging across the country in the ...

Mozambican health authorities have confirmed two more positive cases of mpox in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to six, all in the northern ...

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...

As mpox (formerly monkeypox) has been declared a global public health emergency, some may wonder whether the virus poses a risk of a COVID-like pandemic. Here's what to know.

The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral infection that has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons due to its painful symptoms and potential for serious complications.

WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped. During the Clade II epidemic, wealthy nations effectively used the MVA-BN vaccine, produced by Bavarian Nordic.

Mpox rashes develop three to 17 days after exposure, with symptoms lasting two to three weeks. With chickenpox, the rash will appear within 10 to 21 days, with symptoms lasting four to seven days.

More than 17,000 people in Africa have been infected with mpox, a disease that is closely related to smallpox. Mpox has killed nearly 600 people on the continent, or about 4 percent of those infected.