The first known case of a new, more severe strain of mpox in the US has been found in the Bay Area. San Mateo County Health said the patient contracted the new strain, clade I mpox categorized by ...

The first U.S. case of a potentially more severe variant of mpox, known as clade I, has been reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health announced Saturday, November 16.

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe strain of mpox was reported in San Mateo County, the California Department of ...

California health officials say that it has identified Clade 1 Mpox in a person who recently traveled from Africa.

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FILE - This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows Mpox virus particles, green, found within infected cultured ...