First locally acquired U.S. cases of more severe mpox strain reported
California health officials have reported two cases of a potentially more severe form of mpox that appear to be locally acquired.
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California health officials have reported two cases of a potentially more severe form of mpox that appear to be locally acquired.
The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency over the spread of mpox in Africa, but says it's not the next coronavirus.
Health officials around the world are keeping a close eye on an outbreak of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, in Africa.
The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the mpox outbreaks in Africa are a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries.
Public health officials came armed with a serious message for Pride Month: Get vaccinated against mpox.
Authorities recently reported finding drug-resistant strains of the monkeypox virus.
The CDC is expected to release new vaccine effectiveness data this week.
The World Health Organization announced Monday that "mpox" is now the preferred name for monkeypox.
Early data, based on people who were eligible for the shots, found the unvaccinated are 14 times more likely to catch monkeypox.
The FDA said the monkeypox virus needs "only a single amino acid change" to evade the treatment.
A building-level approach to wastewater surveillance is underway at all 11 hospitals within the NYC Health + Hospitals integrated health care system in New York City.
The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities -- and in the US overall -- has started to slow recently, but experts say it's too early to know if the trend will last.
There have been no reported deaths from monkeypox in California.
The CDC counts only 17 monkeypox cases in children under 16 years old so far.
The White House is making nearly 2 million doses of monkeypox available for ordering.
Monkeypox numbers in Sacramento County are showing that White and Hispanic people are impacted at high rates.
Yolo and Yuba Counties have announced their first cases of the monkeypox virus. Sacramento County still has the most cases in the region with 103.
Previously, the guidance did not include dogs on the list of animals that can get infected. Scientists published an article in the Lancet medical journal, saying they'd found evidence of human-to-dog transmission.
Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."
Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."
Arriola told the Senate Select Committee on monkeypox about a mountain of challenges, starting with his doctor not having testing supplies.
A local city councilman diagnosed with monkeypox is facing a mound of challenges. He went to the doctor hoping for some medicine -- but instead got a dose of difficulty from a lack of testing -- to barely any vaccines.
Sacramento County officials have proclaimed a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak.
The goal of the committee is to identify what can be done in the short and medium terms to improve the state's response to the outbreak, lawmakers say.
There are now more than 7,500 confirmed cases across the country.
