The drug-resistant mpox cases follow an initial, unrelated cluster reported in California in late 2022-early 2023, and are the first involving multiple states, according to the report.

FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Infection with the mpox virus is five times more likely among gay and bisexual men who engage in unprotected anal sex as the receptive partner, a new ...

Genomic data from hundreds of Mpox virus samples in West Africa point to repeated animal-to-human transmission, followed by continued spread within communities.

One of those worrying mutations was also detected "in a cluster of cases" around Los Angeles. That suggests drug-resistant mpox can be transmitted person-to-person in at least "rare cases." ...

A rare flu variant that has shown some resistance to the most commonly used antiviral treatment has been detected in at least two people in the United States, according to the US Centers for ...

Cluster of drug-resistant mpox identified in five states, US officials report The cases involved a total of 18 individuals infected with clade II mpox between Oct. 6, 2023, and Feb. 15, 2024, who ...

Unprotected receptive anal sex raises the odds for mpox infection five-fold among men who have sex with another man who is later diagnosed with the illness The finding may be valuable as ...

The drug-resistant mpox cases follow an initial, unrelated cluster reported in California in late 2022-early 2023, and are the first involving multiple states, according to the report. Health ...

The study dovetails with the release of a second report on clusters of mpox cases in California and Illinois of a strain of mpox that's resistant to treatment with the first-line drug tecovirimat.