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Alaskapox: First known death from the virus

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Rachel Carter

Alaskapox is an orthopoxvirus related to smallpox, cowpox and mpox (initially known as “monkeypox”). Infections have so far only occurred in the ...

What is Alaskapox? Man’s death is first fatal case of rare, new virus

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Rachel Carter

The first fatal case of a rare, newly identified viral disease has claimed the life of a man who lived in a ...