The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared “a public health emergency of international concern” regarding an ...

Update (November 28): The World Health Organization announced today that, to avoid the potential for racist and stigmatizing language, it will begin using the term “mpox” for the disease and will ...

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DAR ES SALAAM, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities on Monday confirmed two cases of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus ...

Monkeypox is a part of the orthopox family of viruses, which also includes smallpox, a deadly and contagious disease that was irradicated in the 1980s in an unprecedented immunisation campaign.

Health officials have identified a new variant of monkeypox (mpox) and are concerned about changes in its transmission. In a study published in Nature Medicine, a team of international researchers ...

South Africa’s National Department of Health has raised an alert following the confirmation of three new cases of monkeypox (also known as mpox) in Gauteng Province. These are the first cases of the ...

South Africa's National Department of Health appealed for vigilance as three new cases of monkeypox, also known as mpox, were confirmed in the country.

AIIMS outlines protocol, doctor reveals what to look out for in case of virus that has not reached India yet according to authorities Nancy Jaiswal Published 21.08.24, 04:37 PM ...

Both patients are from Peshawar, with 20-year-old's case being local, while 42-year-old man had returned from Saudi Arabia ...