The first case of monkeypox was reported in the U.S. this year on May 18, and there have been hundreds of new cases reported across the globe. Monkeypox is typically found in Africa, and rare cases in ...

Two cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, were confirmed in Worcester, a spokesperson for the city confirmed Tuesday.

It spreads through close contact with infected individuals. Officials issue warning for tourists traveling to certain ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Saturday that they received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine. The video featured above is from a previous report.

Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox.

The Biden administration plans to officially switch how it refers to the disease once dubbed "monkeypox" to use the new name "mpox" instead, adopting a long-awaited renaming recommendation announced ...

The world is currently experiencing by far the largest ever epidemic of human monkeypox, and the United States is disproportionately affected, accounting for 16,500 of the 46,000 confirmed cases ...

The Biden administration is planning to send out hundreds of thousands of monkeypox vaccines in response to the outbreak of the rare disease that has been identified in multiple non-endemic countries.

Monkeypox disease now has a new name: mpox. The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited change on Monday, saying the disease's original name plays into "racist and stigmatizing language." ...

The disease formerly known as monkeypox has a new name: "mpox." It's not much of a depature, but it's less stigmatizing, according to advocates who have been calling for a change of name. The disease ...

Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 after a smallpox-like disease occurred in research monkeys. Despite its name, the source of the disease remains unknown, but it is thought that certain rodents ...

The disease monkeypox is getting a new name. It's now mpox - an echo of the original but less stigmatizing, according to advocates who've been calling for the name change. NPR's Pien Huang reports.