More than 100 monkeypox cases have been detected worldwide in the past month, including in the US. Monkeypox symptoms can be confused with those of chickenpox. One chart shows how monkeypox symptoms ...

Monkeypox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over. CDC/Getty Images Monkeypox isn’t a new disease. The first confirmed human case was in 1970, when the virus was ...

An antiviral normally used to treat smallpox may reduce the duration of monkeypox illness, according to a study published Tuesday by the Lancet Infectious Diseases, possibly opening a new avenue to ...

With cases reported in a number of countries, human monkeypox infection is generating global interest and concern as an emerging infectious disease threat even in the midst of a slowly relenting COVID ...

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical ...

Health officials around the world have urged people to be alert to monkeypox rashes, as more than 100 cases have been confirmed in the past month and an additional 131 are suspected, the World Health ...