The UK has reported its first cluster of a new, more infectious mpox variant outside Africa with four cases identified.

The UK has seen cases of mpox since then, mainly caused by clade 2, a strain that spreads through close skin-to-skin contact ...

AP reports on the new U.K. cluster, noting that scientists say public risk remains low. Other global health news is on cigarettes in the U.K., a social media ban in Australia, the future of cancer ...

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

Lahore, the provincial capital of 14 million people and Pakistan's cultural hub, remained the world's most polluted city on Wednesday with Air Quality Index readings of over 1,100. Anything over 300 ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

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 ...

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