The first case of clade I mpox, one of two strains of the disease, has been identified in Connecticut through testing at the State Public Health Laboratory.

The person who was infected recently traveled to Western Europe, where clade I mpox is spreading, officials say.

Three unrelated cases of clade Ib mpox, a more dangerous variant of the monkeypox virus, have been confirmed in Southern California with no clear travel links to ongoing outbreaks in Africa. The ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut health officials reported the state’s its first positive case of clade I Mpox, a type of monkeypox. A resident who recently traveled to Western Europe tested ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 60% of emerging infectious diseases originate in animals, while around 75% of newly emerging pathogens are zoonotic — meaning they jump from ...

Without explanation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Trump administration has reverted from using the disease name “mpox” to the obsolete “monkeypox,” which the world ...

Ayesha Rascoe asks Gay Men's Health Crisis Vice President Jason Cianciotto about monkeypox, which is generally spread by direct, close contact with an infected individual. There are now more than 700 ...