Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the UK, making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.

The World Health Organization said mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

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Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...

British health officials have identified four cases of a new mpox variant outside Africa, marking its first emergence in the ...

After announcing confirmation of the nation's first three cases of the new strain, known as Clade 1b, Professor Susan Hopkins ...

Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the first ...

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first infected person.