Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the ...

The new clade 1b strain has caused concern because it seems to spread more easily through routine close contact, and it is affecting women and children in larger numbers. It is fatal in about 3.6% ...

The WHO made a similar declaration in 2022. Since then, nearly 100,000 people worldwide—mostly men who have sex with men (MSM)—have had confirmed mpox and more than 200 people have died of the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern on Monday as a newer strain spreads in Africa.

Similar to the prior mpox outbreak of 2022 (clade II), the new strain, clade 1b, is highly transmissible, spread by both sexual contact and routine close contact. Still, experts say the risk of ...

Mpox not the new COVID, says WHO. World Health Organization official says regardless of strain, mpox is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread.

The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory about the emergence of a new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox). The person had recently traveled from Africa.

This new strain has spread to at least 12 nations in Africa, one in Europe and another in Asia. Thailand is the second country outside of Africa that has confirmed a new case of the variant.

Two years after containing the first global mpox outbreak, the world faces a new challenge: a more virulent strain that’s already killed more than 900 people.

A new strain of mpox — found in California, Georgia and New Hampshire — has surfaced for the first time in New York, officials announced Wednesday. The individual who tested positive for mpox ...

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