Queensland confirms its first case of Mpox Clade 1. This strain is more severe than previous ones. The patient recently ...

Queensland Health says contact tracing is underway for the overseas-acquired case and the public "should not be concerned".

The second Australian case of a rare strain of mpox virus has been detected in south-east Queensland. Queensland Health says ...

Almost 60 people identified as close contacts to a confirmed case of Mpox in Brisbane’s south have been offered a vaccine and ...

An urgent health alert has been issued after a strain of monkeypox - confirmed to be a strain known to cause a widespread “pox-like” rash - was detected in a returned Australian travelled.

A rare strain of Mpox has been detected in Queensland for the second time ever, after health authorities confirmed a case in ...

Authorities say contact tracing is continuing for hospital staff who may have been exposed to a man admitted with a rare ...

Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Some 40 cases have been recorded so far in 2024, already surpassing the total number ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the ...

Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South Wales, which has had ...

The mpox cases in Australia are a different type to those spreading in Africa which prompted the World Health Organisation to declare a public health emergency of international concern last week.