Queensland confirms its first case of Mpox Clade 1. This strain is more severe than previous ones. The patient recently ...

Health officials have confirmed a case of Mpox in Brisbane’s south region, with tests confirming the strain is only the ...

An urgent health alert has been issued after a strain of monkeypox - confirmed to be a strain known to cause a widespread “pox-like” rash - was detected in a returned Australian travelled.

Health authorities have confirmed the second case of a strain of mpox in Australia in a traveller who returned from overseas.

Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South Wales, which has had ...

Authorities say contact tracing is continuing for hospital staff who may have been exposed to a man admitted with a rare ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the ...

Mpox came to the fore during a global outbreak in 2022, affecting the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two "flavors"—clade I and clade II—and spreads ...

The DRC alone has seen 15,600 mpox cases—of all clades—and 537 deaths since the start of 2024, with over 96 percent of all global cases and deaths occurring in the DRC, according to the WHO ...

Our rating: False. COVID-19 vaccines have nothing to do with mpox, which is caused by a virus identified more than 60 years ago. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were first administered in late 2020.

Queensland Health has confirmed a second Australian case of the Clade I strain of Mpox, this time in Brisbane. Detected in a ...