The United States confirmed its first case of monkeypox Wednesday as European health authorities have identified a number of cases of the rare virus this week, mostly in young men. Here's a look at ...

Physicians are frustrated with the process required to treat monkeypox patients and obtain a prescription for Tpoxx, — the antiviral being used to treat the infection, The Washington Post reported ...

It might be time to grant the monkeypox virus a new name. Although the virus (mpox for short) was first detected in lab monkeys in 1958, the original host or reservoir has remained unknown.

Mpox cases are on the rise in the U.S., increasing to almost double what they were at the same time last year, according to new CDC data. The video is from a previous report. There is a national ...

A new variant of the Mpox disease declared by WHO as a public health emergency of international concern is more lethal, spreads fast and causes more fatalities. [Getty Images] Recent reports have ...

In 2022, the risk of monkeypox both in the U.S. and abroad was high. Now, two years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) has once again declared the virus a global health emergency. Cases of ...

In 2022, the medical establishment and public health world nixed the name "monkeypox" for two key reasons. Animal-to-human transmission comes from rodents. And the name "monkeypox" was seen as racist ...

Health workers are rushing to contain a deadly outbreak of mpox after hundreds of suspected cases were reported in Madagascar ...