The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The risk of clade I mpox to the ...

California recently reported the first U.S. case of a more severe form of mpox. Doctors are encouraging Americans not to panic about mpox even after a recent severe case was detected in California ...

The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.

While an outbreak of clade II mpox has been seen in the U.S. and elsewhere since 2022, the first U.S. clade I case was confirmed this weekend by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

The first case of mpox clade I was found in California, but the risk to the public remains low, public health officials said Saturday.. There are two types of mpox, clade I and clade II, according ...

The person is isolating at home, and there is no evidence that the mpox clade I strain is spreading between people in California or elsewhere in the U.S., state health officials said.

A California resident has been infected with the more severe type of mpox virus, the first U.S. case of a virus that has sickened thousands and killed hundreds in an outbreak in central and ...

Clade II mpox has been circulating in the United States since a large outbreak in 2022 and 2023. A more recent outbreak in Africa is driven by clade I, which is known to cause more severe disease.