A SEVENTH case of a deadly mpox strain that kills one in 10 infected people has been detected in the UK. A mutation of the disease, Clade 1b has been called the "most dangerous" variant yet.

We have been publishing stories of a number of people who have been through the throes of Mpox, a highly contagious zoonotic disease that originates from wild animals such as squirrels ...

For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus ...