The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern on Monday as a newer strain spreads in Africa.

A WHO official stated that mpox, irrespective of the strain, is manageable and not comparable to COVID-19. Hans Kluge urged collaborative efforts to control and eliminate mpox globally, citing the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday the recent outbreak of mpox a global health emergency, warning that the new, more contagious strain of the virus could spread further internat… ...

The new strain of mpox is known as clade 1b and it emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last year, according to WHO. The disease is now rapidly spreading to neighbouring ...

A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread.

Mpox is not the new COVID-19, ... or mpox clade 2, the strain that was behind the 2022 outbreak that initially impacted Europe and has continued to circulate on that continent since. ...

The first case of a new mpox strain was confirmed in New York state. AP A health worker takes a saliva sample from a mpox patient at a treatment center in Munigi, eastern Congo, Aug. 16, 2024.

The CDC says the risk to most Americans is low but it is testing more suspected cases to identify whether the clade Ib strain has made it to the U.S. New mpox strain raises concern among ...

The mpox strain spreading now is different from the one in 2022: Here's what to know This strain of the virus is known to be more severe, but it’s behaving differently from its usual patterns.

According to the San Mateo County Health, a person became infected with the clade I mpox after traveling in Eastern Africa, that's where there is a current outbreak of the strain. Another strain ...

Mpox is not the new COVID-19, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, while urging greater solidarity with people and communities in Africa who are currently most at risk of the disease.

There are two known types of mpox: Clade I is the deadlier type of the mpox virus. In some outbreaks of mpox clade I, the mortality rate has been as high as 1 in 10, according to the CDC.However ...