Call for cross-border collaboration to contain mpox spread This research indicates that the new variant is spreading rapidly, primarily through heterosexual contact in densely populated areas. "At ...

Another case of the new deadly mpox strain has been detected in the UK, health officials confirmed today. The clade 1b mutation, which experts have called 'the most dangerous one so far' kills ...

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 ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 107 people have been killed in the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa since the beginning of 2025, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

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The mpox vaccination programme has been expanded across England with the opening of 12 new sites, ensuring nationwide access to jabs for those at higher risk of infection. Previously limited to 19 ...

Every area in England will be able to offer jabs against mpox after 12 new vaccination sites opened. Health officials announced on Monday that a dozen new sites have opened across the country, when ...