Still, the US led the world in cases during the 2022-23 outbreak. More than 30,000 people in the US have been diagnosed with mpox, including 23 who died.. Cases are also down across Europe, the ...

The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.

A new study from UCLA published Thursday found the mpox public health campaign in 2022 was successful but that cases are still occurring at low levels in the U.S.

This year, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the world faced the re-emergence of another outbreak: mpox. Although not a new virus, mpox cases spread relatively quickly during the ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law. It follows a public ...

Congo alone has reported 15,600 mpox cases and 537 deaths, most of them among children under 15, indicating that the nature of the disease and its mode of spread may have changed. Here’s what to ...

Mpox looks like its cousin smallpox, but because smallpox was literally wiped off the planet in 1980, very few, if any, Americans have come in direct contact with a person’s body covered in ...

How Many Cases Have Been Reported? African officials have confirmed 2,863 mpox cases and 517 deaths in 2024 so far, according to Africa CDC, most in the DRC. Only a fraction of suspected ...

Mpox, a viral zoonosis, is typically associated with localized skin lesions and flu-like symptoms. However, as seen in 2022, the virus can have more far-reaching effects and systemic complications ...

WHO declares mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency 02:47. Geneva — The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already ...

Mpox cases are on the rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries. The first case outside Africa was detected in Sweden last week. Travelers don’t need to be too ...