Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency last year. China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it had found a cluster outbreak of the Ib subclade that started with the infection a foreigner who has a history of travel and residence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four further cases have been found in people infected after close contact with the foreigner.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a Friday morning press briefing that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been injured and is “likely disfigured."...
Kilauea volcano eruption sends lava fountains 1,000 feet high on March 10, prompting closures at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Highway 11 due to falling volcanic ash....