It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

A dangerous new strain of mpox is on the rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to reports from BBC. This year alone, there have been nearly 8,000 cases in the country from the virus with ...

Oct. 19 -- Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases ever to afflict the human race, until a worldwide effort succeeded in eradicating it from the planet 25 years ago. But the events of the past few ...

Sometimes great successes have unintended consequences. That's the case with one of the world's biggest triumphs - the eradication of smallpox. That achievement may have set the stage for an outbreak ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday, Aug. 14, that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global public health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across ...

An old photograph of a man with a spotted body rash does not show a migrant with smallpox among asylum seekers in Mexico headed towards the US border in 2023. No known naturally occurring smallpox ...

With thousands of cases reported in countries all around the world, chances are you’ve been seeing a lot of news surrounding monkeypox (also called Mpox) lately. With COVID still affecting many of our ...

The lack of laser-focus on isolation meant that many avoidable gaps remained in the way isolation was practiced. First, insufficient surveillance. Dr Charles Chapin noted in a 1912 textbook: ...