The CDC issued a health alert following an outbreak of a new strain of monkeypox virus (MPXV, or mpox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on August 7, and on August 14, WHO declared a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in Africa. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had declared the ...

There is no evidence to suggest that gay or bisexual men are biologically more susceptible to mpox. Rather, health experts warn that the virus is spreading within that community due largely to human ...

The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy and officials from the National Security Council hosted a policy roundtable on Monday to discuss the ramifications of monkeypox ...

An outbreak in Africa of mpox (previously called monkeypox) that has killed more than 500 people was declared a global health emergency on Wednesday. The World Health Organization had been considering ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more than 133,000 cases were reported across 131 countries. In August 2024, the ...

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 ...

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 ...