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 ...

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 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 ...

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).

Clade I, the culprit in the current 2025 version of global epidemic mpox, is highly transmissible and is spreading within families and among children, whereas the 2022 Clade II mpox - still ...

Mpox remains an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Feb 27 (2025). This was after the international health agency decided the epidemic still merits ...

Pakistan has reported its second case of mpox this year, with a 29-year-old man from Karachi testing positive for the viral infection. This marks the first case in Sindh and follows an earlier ...