Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First identified in Denmark in 1958 among two colonies of monkeys kept for ...
A person in California tested positive for mpox clade I, the first time the strain has been reported in the U.S.
The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a ...