The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in Africa. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had declared the ...

With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as the number of cases continue to rise, the most important thing you can do is know ...

The CDC issued a health alert following an outbreak of a new strain of monkeypox virus (MPXV, or mpox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on August 7, and on August 14, WHO declared a ...

Last Thursday morning, Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla announced that a 30-year-old man from Gauteng with no recent travel history had become the first person in South Africa to be diagnosed with ...

Mpox (monkeypox) is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus. Two different clades exist: clade I and clade II Common symptoms of mpox are a skin rash or ...

Monkeypox, also known as mpox, typically begins with symptoms that are similar to those of the flu. The initial signs usually appear 6 to 13 days after exposure to the virus, although this incubation ...

The first known case in the United States of a more severe strain of the monkeypox virus was confirmed in California Saturday. AP The first known case in the United States of a more severe strain of ...

As students return to Cornell’s campus for the Fall 2022 semester, campus officials and healthcare providers have to adapt to yet another national disease outbreak. This year, the monkeypox virus has ...