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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of ...

The abandoned buildings behind the New Somerset hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, are prime real estate along the waterfront, so guards patrol the area day and night to protect against squatters.

California health officials are urging high-risk residents to get vaccinated against mpox after a potentially more-severe ...

The two cases - both men aged 30 and 34 - are also the country's first reported infections of the more serious clade 1b ...

California has seen the first two cases of a more severe strain of mpox without international travel, but health officials said that the risk to others is low. Both people in Los Angeles County were ...

Most infections have been concentrated in Khairpur district, where 12 cases were reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of mpox. Two cases of the strain were identified among Los Angeles County ...