The NCDHHS has warned N.C. residents about detections of mpox particles associated with more serious symptoms.

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

On a humid January morning in 2023, deep in the heart of Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park, a baby monkey fell ill. Its skin ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has an alert about Mpox virus in the ...

Mpox is a rare, but potentially serious, viral illness that typically involves flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph nodes and a rash that includes bumps that are filled with fluid before scabbing ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is primarily spread by prolonged close contact, typically skin-to-skin, often during ...

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 ...