International: The vaccine, called Orthopoxvac, was developed by the Vektor laboratory in Siberia and registered by Russia's health ministry in 2022 following clinical trials, which, according to ...

The African CDC has warned that the mpox outbreak remains uncontrolled, with most deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...

Mpox cases have risen by 500% in Africa this year, driven by the new Clade Ib strain, which is more deadly and infectious.

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

Britain has detected two more cases of the new mpox variant clade Ib in household contacts of the first case, the country's ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...

Two more cases of a new strain of the mpox virus have been detected in London, in household contacts of the first patient, ...

International: The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began ...

Four cases of more serious strain of mpox, known as Clade 1b, have been confirmed in London after the first patient returned ...

The new patients are currently under specialist care at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London, with 'extensive planning' ...

The latest cases of Clade 1b mpox have been detected in household contacts of the first case, according to the UK Health ...