The United Kingdom has reported two additional cases of mpox clade Ib, marking the first confirmed instances of local transmission in the WHO European Region. Both cases occurred in household contacts ...

LONDON, Nov 6, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally ...

Mpox, a viral disease related to smallpox, has two types, clade 1 and clade 2. Symptoms include fever, a skin rash or pus-filled blisters, swollen lymph nodes and body aches. The WHO first declared an ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over a new strain of mpox that is spreading ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that two more people have tested positive for an infectious strain of ...

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 ...

The two cases were detected in household contacts of the first case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the UK to three.

"When the U.S. declared mpox a national health emergency ... with close contact defined as skin-to-skin contact, including ...

Doctors in New York City are describing the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm, which can cause a nasty ...

The first case of a new infectious and potentially deadly strain of mpox has been reported in the UK. The strain, known as ...