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).

Last year, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a single confirmed human case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in the UK. This comes just two months after the World Health ...

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 ...

A new strain of mpox — found in California, Georgia and New Hampshire — has surfaced for the first time in New York, officials announced Wednesday. The individual who tested positive for mpox ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year ...

SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state confirmed on Friday a case of the new mpox strain, the first case of clade Ib mpox in the region, it said in a statement. The strain was ...

ATLANTA, GA - February 27, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOVX) commented on today's statement from The World Health Organization (WHO) concerning Mpox. In its statement the WHO ...

Albany, NY — The New York State Department of Health has issued a health advisory following the detection of the first mpox clade Ib case in New York State, including New York City. The case is ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- On Thursday, the New York State Department of Health, or DOH, issued a Health Advisory to healthcare providers about a travel-associated Mpox Clade Ib case detected in New York.