Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech ...

A U.S. resident who had traveled to eastern Africa is the first confirmed U.S. case of a new form of mpox. Mpox is a rare disease caused by a viral infection that’s in the same family as the one that ...

NEW YORK — Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo. The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated ...

The United States has reported its first confirmed case of the more contagious form of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued a health ...

Authorities in California have expressed concern about three confirmed cases of the deadlier form of mpox that have appeared in the state in recent days. All those diagnosed were gay or bisexual men ...