1st case of new mpox virus strain in Asia recorded in Thailand

Thailand has recorded Asia’s first case of clade 1b, a new strain of the mpox virus formerly known as monkeypox. Thongchai Kiratihattayakorn...

Missouri high school student wins $50,000 science prize for monkeypox bio-computational models

A high school student from Columbia, Missouri, was named one of the winners of a top science fair prize for his project that analyzes mpox, ...

China health chief warns against ‘skin-to-skin contact with foreigners’ amid first case of monkeypox

Wu Zunyou, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s chief epidemiologist, announced on Weibo on Saturday that China now has ...

India confirms Asia’s first recorded monkeypox death

A 22-year-old man from Kerala, India, has reportedly died of monkeypox, making this the first fatality of the current outbreak in the count...