As African countries continue to grapple with multiple mpox outbreaks involving different clades and transmission patterns, ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the ...

Mozambican health authorities have confirmed two more positive cases of mpox in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to six, all in the northern ...

More than a dozen nations struggle to contain outbreak as health systems flounder with loss of international support ...

Cases of other strains, or clades, of mpox have popped up in other countries. In the U.S., there are more than 1,600 cases reported this year so far, more than twice the number seen at this time ...

WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped. During the Clade II epidemic, wealthy nations effectively used the MVA-BN vaccine, produced by Bavarian Nordic.

Mpox patients in Burundi need more support, write doctors Jennifer Furin, Nesar Hamraz, and Eddy Jonas.

Global neglect led us to the current mpox outbreak. A global response, based on equity and solidarity, is the only thing that can get us out of it, writes WHO’s Maria D. Van Kerkhove.

In the U.S., there have been 2,368 cases of the less severe strain of mpox reported this year as of Nov. 1, according to CDC data.This figure is much lower than the roughly 32,000 cases associated ...

Another strain of mpox, Clade II, was found in the U.S. in 2022 and caused 58 deaths and 32,063 cases. South Carolina had 238 cases and one death in 2023, CDC records show.

Mpox rashes develop three to 17 days after exposure, with symptoms lasting two to three weeks. With chickenpox, the rash will appear within 10 to 21 days, with symptoms lasting four to seven days.

Mpox is still around but at a much lower level in the U.S. and in Oregon than in 2022. There have been eight cases of mpox among Oregonians reported to public health in 2025. (There may be more ...