The freeze-dried formulation will be easier to store and transport than the liquid-frozen formulation that Bavarian Nordic ...

In the Ivory Coast in West Africa, a baby sooty mangabey monkey fell ill. It developed red, pus-filled blisters all over its forehead, chest and legs. The rapidly spreading virus killed the monkey ...

It added the case had "no reported travel history" and no reported link with previously confirmed cases in the UK. Dr Gillian Armstrong, the UKSHA's mpox incident director, said the risk to the ...

Mpox, previously called monkeypox, is a rare disease. Part of the same family as the virus that causes smallpox, it is caused by a type of virus typically found in West and Central Africa. It is ...

The risk to the UK population remains low. Clade Ia and Ib mpox are no longer classified as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID). UKHSA has robust mechanisms in place to investigate ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in North Carolina wastewater, prompting health officials to urge vigilance. While no clade I mpox cases have been reported in N.C., its ...

The increasing burden of mpox is due, in part, to a growing population without cross-protective immunity after cessation of smallpox vaccination in the early 1980s. 1,2 Case fatality rates and ...