California health officials have recently reported the first known case of clade I mpox to be detected in the U.S.

A case of Mpox, a disease formerly called monkeypox, has been confirmed in Luanda in a 28-year-old woman of Congolese nationality, ANGOP has learned.

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Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First identified in Denmark in 1958 among two colonies of monkeys kept for ...

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The World Health Organization issued a global health emergency over the spread of the new, more lethal clade I mpox strain.

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

The California Department of Public Health Saturday reported the first known case of clade I mpox in the U.S. to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The person traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in San Mateo County. California health officials said the new mpox variant isn't spreading in the state.