A preliminary study traces an mpox outbreak in a group of Ivory Coast monkeys to the fire-footed squirrel, indicating the rodent may be a natural reservoir for the virus ...

Montreal public health officials are calling for better access to tuberculosis care after a sharp rise in the number of cases ...

Mpox, previously called monkeypox, is a rare disease. Part of the same family as the virus that causes smallpox, it is caused by a type of virus typically found in West and Central Africa. It is ...

The report also found that cases of syphilis have risen about 60 per cent over the last 10 years in Montreal, from 348 cases ...

The risk to the general population is very low. However, travellers to affected countries who mix with affected communities are at risk of contracting mpox and transmitting it to close contacts on ...

[ESWATINI] Simultaneous outbreaks of pink eye, hand, foot and mouth disease, and seasonal influenza, plus the risk of mpox, have raised alarm in Eswatini, as US funding cuts cast doubt over the ...

The increasing burden of mpox is due, in part, to a growing population without cross-protective immunity after cessation of smallpox vaccination in the early 1980s. 1,2 Case fatality rates and ...