An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

The African Union’s health watchdog announced on Thursday that it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, describing it as a “major milestone” in efforts to combat the outbreak on the continent. The a ...

Global health advocates have written to the makers of a key mpox diagnostic test to call for its price to be cut from around ...

Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

What’s more, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is currently the only approved method of diagnosing mpox. It is expensive, ...

Manchester United legend Louis Saha has snubbed Viktor Gyokeres as his former club “needs” to sign an alternative who is “more of a guarantee”.