The Nigerian government prohibited the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of mpox in June 2022. However, these bans can have unintended consequences, such as driving bushmeat ...

Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the first outside Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

After announcing confirmation of the nation's first three cases of the new strain, known as Clade 1b, Professor Susan Hopkins ...

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first ...

The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed two more cases of Clade Ib mpox bringing the total to three.

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be ...

The emergence of two new cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the United Kingdom has sent ripples of concern ...

One of the World Health Organization’s most important jobs is managing viral outbreaks. The rapid spread of mpox, a disease related to smallpox, is a reminder of its shortcomings. The WHO has ...

The East African Community (EAC), will deploy skilled regional emergency experts over the next six months, to combat the spread of the ...

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Mpox, a virus related to smallpox, presents primarily with fever, lymph node swelling, and skin lesions or blisters. Clade 1b, the newly detected strain, has already led to outbreaks in parts of ...