The monkeypox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals and it can also be passed from human to human ...

The first U.S. case of a deadlier form of the mpox (formerly monkeypox) virus strain has been reported in California.

A person in California tested positive for mpox clade I, the first time the strain has been reported in the U.S.

There is no evidence that the mpox clade I strain is spreading between people in California or elsewhere in the U.S.

U.S. health officials confirmed on Saturday the first case of a more severe strain of mpox that infected an individual who ...