What we know about the Mpox variant, which has just been detected in Europe

What we know about the Mpox variant, which has just been detected in Europe

We still called him “monkey pox” a few years ago, but its name was changed to avoid racist connotations. The WHO warned on Thursday, August 15, 2024 that other imported cases of “Monkeypox” or « Mpox » were likely to be detected soon in Europe, after the reporting in Stockholm (Sweden) of a first case of a … Read more

Person infected with lethal variant in Sweden, first outside Africa

Person infected with lethal variant in Sweden, first outside Africa

This is the first time that an infection with the lethal variant of monkeypox (MPOX) has been authenticated outside the African continent. A person living in the Stockholm region of Sweden has been diagnosed with the more contagious and dangerous clade 1 subtype of the MPOX virus, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Thursday. … Read more