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Monkeypox explainer

Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox.
Artificial intelligence just helped scientists uncover a hidden weakness in the monkeypox virus — a surface protein no one ...
A new strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in the United Kingdom, according to health officials.
Global mpox update: 2,501 new cases, 12 deaths in 44 countries; WHO warns of community transmission and travel-linked cases ...
Symptoms include skin rash with blisters, spots or ulcers that can appear anywhere on the body, as well as fever, headache, ...
WHO first alerted that broader transmission of clade 1b mpox virus in several non-endemic countries, including the United ...
A total of 2,501 new confirmed cases, including 12 deaths due to mpox, were reported from 44 countries in October, said the ...
According to doctors, the discovery of the strain is "precisely what experts in the field feared would happen" ...
The UK Health Security Agency has identified a new strain of mpox, previously known as Monkeypox, in a recent case involving a traveler to Asia. This discovery raises alarms as it combines elements ...
Elements of two major types of mpox have been found combined - Dr Boghuma Titanji, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory ...
The UK Health Security Agency said the new 'hybrid' strain was identified in an individual who had recently travelled to Asia ...
Health experts fear that the discovery of the latest strain of the mpox virus is 'precisely what experts in the field feared ...