Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person, according to an analysis ...

Pregnant people with mpox can pass the virus during pregnancy or to the newborn during and after birth. Contact with objects, ...

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a ...

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

A deadly new variant of the Mpox virus has spread through countries in Africa - and concerns are intensifying after Europe and Asia report their first cases. Over the past two years the UK has ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

Mpox, a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, has a fatality rate of up to 11 per cent, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As of October ...

A new, more infectious strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus has been found in Germany for the first time, health chiefs in the country have said. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's ...

Two confirmed cases of mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, are in El Paso, according to the El Paso Department of Public Health. Two men in their 40s, who reside in the same household ...

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.” It's a possible sign that the epidemic for which ...

Britain experienced an outbreak of mpox in 2022. As of July of that year, there were 1,517 confirmed confirmed cases of the virus, with a high proportion of those infected being London residents ...