A third case of mpox in the United States, formerly known as monkeypox, has been found in New Hampshire. Here's what to know.

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

We’ve seen more and more cases of pox viruses globally. One of the things that we’ve been traditionally concerned about has been whether monkeypox could indeed establish itself in human populations or ...

Monkeypox, recently renamed mpox to avoid stigma ... of Africa and occasionally spills over to humans. The first major human-to-human outbreak occurred in Nigeria in 2017, and researchers warned ...

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has identified a Merrimack County resident ...

A New Hampshire resident has been diagnosed with clade I mpox, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, following a trip to eastern Africa, state health officials said Friday.

A New Hampshire resident has been diagnosed with clade I mpox, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, ...

The monkeypox virus was discovered in lab monkeys for the first time in 1958, and the first human infection with the virus was discovered in 1970. It was believed that West and Central Africa had ...

Mpox is a disease caused by monkeypox virus, which was first discovered in 1958 when an outbreak of a pox-like illness occurred in monkeys used for research. The first human case was reported in ...

Twelve new mpox vaccination sites have opened across England, health officials announced on Monday. The move, which comes ...