Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaskapox is an orthopoxvirus that was fairly recently discovered in Alaska, says David Cennimo, M.D., infectious disease expert ...

Alaska’s health department reports that the first person in the state has died from a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox. The elderly man—who was immunocompromised due to cancer ...

Health officials in Alaska have identified the first known death linked to a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox.Since its discovery in 2015, seven Alaskapox infections have been reported, ...

This image provided by the Alaska Department of Health shows several Alaskapox lesions. "A" is a lesion about 10 days after system onset and "B" is the same lesion two days later. "C" and "D" are ...

For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area. But a recent case in another part of the state — this one ...

Since its discovery in 2015, seven Alaskapox infections have been reported, according to the state Department of Health. The most recent case was identified in an elderly man who died last month.