The first known case of a new, more severe strain of mpox in the US has been found in the Bay Area. San Mateo County Health said the patient contracted the new strain, clade I mpox categorized by ...

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe strain of mpox was reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of ...

California health officials say that it has identified Clade 1 Mpox in a person who recently traveled from Africa.

In many Indigenous cultures across the Americas, gender is recognized as fluid, contrasting sharply with Western norms.

FILE - This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows Mpox virus particles, green, found within infected cultured ...