The monkeypox virus is evolving 6-12 times faster than would be expected, according to a new study. The virus is thought to have a single origin, the genetic data suggests, and is a likely descendant ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says a group of global experts has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants. The report said that the experts agreed to name the clades using roman numerals ...

Monkeypox is a virus first found in monkeys in the 1950s that is transmissible to humans. In May, the World Health Organization reported outbreaks of the virus in several countries. Dr. Leanne Skehan, ...

The first known case in the United States of a more severe strain of the monkeypox virus was confirmed in California Saturday. AP The first known case in the United States of a more severe strain of ...

In 2022, the medical establishment and public health world nixed the name "monkeypox" for two key reasons. Animal-to-human transmission comes from rodents. And the name "monkeypox" was seen as racist ...