Kaseya is director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He's talking about mpox, a virus that causes painful blisters and can be fatal. For much of the world ...

MITI MURHESA, Congo — Hospitals across eastern Congo that were once at the forefront of the country’s response to the mpox outbreak are facing a setback in detecting the disease and offering ...

“The high transmittance rate of the clade 1a Mpox variant is likely due to mutations the virus has picked up – exactly how these impact transmission isn’t currently clear and more research ...

Health officials have sounded the alarm over a new mutant 'highly transmissible' mpox strain, believed to be behind a wave of fresh cases. A newly discovered variant of the rash-causing virus is ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be "highly transmissible" and is currently rampaging through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Tanzania has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said Monday, the first time the virus has been detected in an outbreak that has hit several African countries. Two ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be better at spreading between people, health officials warn. This new mutation of the Clade 1a mpox variant "has ...

SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state confirmed on Friday a case of the new mpox strain, the first case of clade Ib mpox in the region, it said in a statement. The strain was ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has detected two more mpox cases in the provincial capital, taking the total number of patients infected with zoonotic ailment in the province ...