Chicken Pox Outbreak 2024. Learn about varicella case reporting and definitions, deaths, and other surveillance. The centers for disease control on wednesday alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a deadly new strain of mpox spreading through parts of africa while u.s.
Most cases are mild but it can kill. Mpox is one species of pox virus, such as smallpox and cowpox, characterized by a rash followed by bumps that appear on the skin.