The pandemic served as a boot camp for Rhode Island public health officials and infectious diseases doctors, preparing them for future health crises ...

“The high transmittance rate of the clade 1a Mpox variant is likely due to mutations the virus has picked up – exactly how these impact transmission isn’t currently clear and more research ...

The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory Wednesday about the emergence of a new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox). The first case of mpox clade Ib in New York State was ...

Health officials have sounded the alarm over a new mutant 'highly transmissible' mpox strain, believed to be behind a wave of fresh cases. A newly discovered variant of the rash-causing virus is ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be better at spreading between people, health officials warn. This new mutation of the Clade 1a mpox variant "has ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be "highly transmissible" and is currently rampaging through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

MITI MURHESA, Congo — Hospitals across eastern Congo that were once at the forefront of the country’s response to the mpox outbreak are facing a setback in detecting the disease and offering ...

Last month, the Rhode Island Department of Health launched an interactive dashboard that shows the prevalence of lead material in drinking water service lines, according to a Feb. 17 press release.

Mpox remains an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Feb 27 (2025). This was after the international health agency decided the epidemic still merits ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has detected two more mpox cases in the provincial capital, taking the total number of patients infected with zoonotic ailment in the province ...

It helped Rhode Island respond to an outbreak of mpox – a viral illness formerly ... but infectious diseases experts and the Rhode Island Department of Health are keeping a close eye on it.