mpox

(Newser) - Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first US case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo. The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in Northern California upon return, according to the state Department of Public Health. Symptoms are improving,...

(Newser) - With mpox raging through Africa, and the possibility the virus will spread elsewhere, the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared a global health emergency. It's the second such declaration about the virus previously called monkeypox in three years, the CBC reports. The first one ended in mid-2003 when vaccination...

(Newser) - A new strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is spreading quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and some experts are calling it the most dangerous strain of the disease yet. Lab testing found the strain appears to have mutations that allow it to spread more easily among...

(Newser) - Monkeypox remains a global health threat, but the name itself is going away. The World Health Organization declared Monday that the disease will be called mpox instead, reports the BBC . The health agency says it wants to remove the "racist and stigmatizing language" of the original name. Both monkeypox...