In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that monkeypox was a public health emergency of international concern. And, as of early December 2022, more than 82,000 human monkeypox ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers analyzed genomic sequences of Monkeypox virus (MPXV) obtained from 18 patients who contracted MPXV infection between June and July 2022.

Using cryo-microscopy, researchers present a high-resolution structure of monkeypox virus DNA polymerase holoenzyme, a complex that plays a key role in the genome replication process of the virus. The ...

The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...

Buncombe County encourages chickenpox vaccine after uptick in cases in schools with low vaccination rates. Here's the latest ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Research on a rabbit pox virus has shed light on how some viruses sneak past our immune defenses. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have found three separate ...

Chickenpox vaccines have virtually wiped out severe complications and deaths in American children from the highly contagious virus, a new report finds. Chickenpox —which is caused by the ...

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic Republic ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective and decreases chickenpox cases significantly. Chickenpox is contagious 1-2 days before you develop a rash and until all blisters crust over. If untreated, ...