The World Health Organization last week declared mpox (previously monkeypox) to be a global health emergency. The disease experienced a global outbreak in 2022, which subsided in Europe, Asia and the Americas but continued to increase in parts of Africa.

In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency. Masila Kabesha, 18 months old, recovering from mpox at Kamituga Reference Hospital in Kamituga ...

As mpox continues to spread in Central Africa, a promising antiviral drug to treat the infection has failed to improve patients’ symptoms in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. In the trial, the drug ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in North Carolina wastewater, prompting health officials to urge vigilance. While no clade I mpox cases have been reported in N.C., its presence in wastewater suggests potential undiagnosed cases.

The country at the center of a global health emergency is struggling even to diagnose cases and provide basic care. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen covered the 2022 mpox outbreak and has reported on health crises from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of variants, new modes of transmission and new populations infected

The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared mpox (previously monkeypox) to be a global health emergency. The disease experienced a global outbreak in 2022, which subsided in Europe, Asia and the Americas but continued to increase in parts of Africa.