According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), mpox testing in the DRC has faltered, despite the thousands of suspected cases in the country. It says less than a ...

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Since eradicating smallpox, only rare outbreaks of related viruses appeared. But today, mpox, once confined mainly to rural parts of Africa, is spreading globally, and the reasons behind this ...

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 ...

Mpox is a viral infection caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as smallpox. The virus can cause a painful rash, fever, and swollen glands and, in some cases, lead to more serious ...

United Kingdom (UK): In a concerning development, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed another case of the highly infectious and lethal MPox variant Clade Ib. According to the ...

A new case of the latest Mpox strain has been detected in England in a person with no travel history or links to any of the other cases - sparking fears the virus could be silently sweeping across ...

And studies published in the past year 2, 3 have demonstrated that African outbreaks of mpox, the disease caused by the virus, have been fuelled by several transmission events from animals to humans.

The United Kingdom has identified another case of a contagious new strain of mpox, making it the latest European country to report an infection. The new strain has infected thousands of people in ...

Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the University of Surrey. In a letter published in Nature Medicine, researchers ...

Another case of the potentially serious mpox virus has been found in the north east of England, in what could be the first case of community transmission in the UK. Britain’s health security ...