It might be time to grant the monkeypox virus a new name. Although the virus (mpox for short) was first detected in lab monkeys in 1958, the original host or reservoir has remained unknown.

In 2022, the medical establishment and public health world nixed the name "monkeypox" for two key reasons. Animal-to-human transmission comes from rodents. And the name "monkeypox" was seen as racist ...

The United States confirmed its first case of monkeypox Wednesday as European health authorities have identified a number of cases of the rare virus this week, mostly in young men. Here's a look at ...

Discovered in Denmark in the 1950s, monkeypox has been on the radar of health experts for decades. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the virus can present with various symptoms, ...