Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans.

Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have uncovered how mpox virus mutations make it resistant to tecovirimat, the primary ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the ...

Most European cases have been reported in people who had travelled to parts of Africa with ongoing mpox outbreaks. View on ...

Experts are concerned about the Clade 1 mpox virus that has been spreading quickly in west and central Africa since 2023.

Transmission of Mpox Mpox virus is found in wild animals such as squirrels, rats, mice, and monkeys and can spread to human beings. It takes five to 21 days for the infected person to develop ...

Mpox is spread through close contact with those who are infected, however, the virus can also be caught through contaminated materials and contact with infected animals. Symptoms of mpox can start ...