told The Associated Press that the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission at raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread ...

The number of cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has spiked in the Big Apple since October, the New York City ...

Yes, kissing could very readily spread the virus ... “How can a person lower the chance of getting monkeypox at places like raves, parties, clubs, and festivals?” This section doesn’t ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease ...

A cluster of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sparks worries of a wider outbreak. A virulent strain of the ...

Monkeypox spread typically requires skin-to-skin or ... in Europe and North America were likely triggered by sex at two raves in Spain and Belgium. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The effectiveness of vaccines against the new variant remains unknown, although animal data shows promising results.

Sure, it’s true that monkeypox can be spread in ways other than gay sex, but when almost every case known to exist is in men who recently had sex with another man, focusing on the edge cases ...

The Republic of the Congo has declared a monkeypox epidemic after confirming 19 cases across five departments, including the ...

As monkeypox infections jump around the world, prompting a scramble for vaccines, AFP looks at how the disease has spread since first appearing in Africa in the 1970s. The World Health ...