Health agencies renaming monkeypox to help fight stigma
The World Health Organization urged countries to adopt the new name for the disease, citing the "ongoing negative impact" of the original.
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The World Health Organization urged countries to adopt the new name for the disease, citing the "ongoing negative impact" of the original.
Advocates say what makes the virus particularly difficult to deal with is the long recovery period.
Fort Worth ISD has confirmed a case of monkeypox at Arlington Heights High School.
Health officials won't reveal the ages of the three cases among the juvenile patients other than they are under the age of 18.
The increase in cases among kids here locally has health officials urging high-risk adults to be careful around them.
The Department of State Health Services is investigating wether monkeypox contributed to the death in Harris County
Officials said the patient was an adult Harris County resident who was "severely immunocompromised," and that the case is currently under investigation to determine what exact role the disease played.
According to Tarrant County Public Health, as of Aug. 26, there are 101 total cases of monkeypox in the county.
Dallas County Health & Human Services has expanded the eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine.
More than 300 monkeypox vaccines are available at a South Dallas clinic for individuals at high risk.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 18, the Dallas County Health Department will, for the first time, stage a drive thru monkeypox vaccine hub outside its office off I-35 E.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 18, the Dallas County Health Department will, for the first time, stage a drive thru monkeypox vaccine hub outside its office off I-35 E.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins decided to issue the order after cases passed 200 last week.
Dallas County has reported the largest number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Texas
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.
Health officials said on Thursday that they had positively identified the second and third presumptive positive cases of monkeypox in Denton County.
The Biden administration declared a public health emergency to help ramp up the federal response to monkeypox.
Health officials reported the first locally transmitted case of the monkeypox virus in Dallas after a man who attended the Daddyland Festival tested positive.
Last July, an early middle-aged Dallas man who had traveled from Nigeria contracted monkeypox, according to the CDC.
At least one case of monkeypox has been confirmed in the U.S.
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