Category: Monkeypox
MSN The CDC is reporting an uptick in mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, cases across the United States. So far this year, they’ve reported almost 600 positive cases of mpox, which is nearly double the amount of cases reported in 2023. Dr. Wes Stubblefield with the Alabama Department of Public Health said mpox is a […]
Apr 16, 2024
Mpox is on the rise: Who’s eligible for a vaccine, and do you need a booster?
ABC News Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, cases are on the rise here in the U.S., with nearly double the number of infections compared to the same time last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. While the magnitude of the outbreak experienced in 2022 – where national cases topped 32,000 – is largely […]
Apr 2, 2024
Mpox cases on the rise in Virginia, officials say
WTOP News Hoping to increase awareness and curb the spread of mpox, Virginia health officials are warning about a rise in cases since the start of 2024. So far this year, the state has reported 12 cases, the same number it reported in all of 2023, according to Brandy Darby, director of the Virginia Department […]
Mar 27, 2024
Map Shows Where Deadly Mpox Cases Are Rising as CDC Issues Warning
Newsweek A map by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where cases of mpox are on the rise as U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues a travel health notice. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a rare disease caused by infection with […]
Dec 12, 2023
Is the New Mpox ‘Outbreak’ Deadlier?
Medpage Today Three factors could explain the higher case fatality rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An outbreak* of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the case fatality rate — the percent of detected cases that are fatal […]
Nov 28, 2023
6 new monkeypox cases registered in Ho Chi Minh City
Tuoi Tre News Ho Chi Minh City recorded six more cases of monkeypox, an illness caused by the monkeypox virus, over the past week, increasing the total monkeypox cases in the city since early this year to 19, the municipal Department of Health reported on Monday. Among the new cases, two entered Vietnam and one […]
Oct 17, 2023
China reports a five-fold increase in mpox cases; 96% patients are male
WION As per a statement by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 96 percent of the patients were male and reported sexual activity with another man. As per the Chinese CDC, while in June the cases stood at 106, in July, the count reached a high of 491. However, as per a Bloomberg […]
Aug 15, 2023
The doctor who warned the world of the mpox outbreak of 2022 is still worried
NPR A little over a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still a public health emergency, a little-known virus came seemingly out of nowhere to add to the world’s worries – a virus known at the time as monkeypox. Monkeypox – since renamed mpox following criticisms that the name held misleading and racist connotations – went […]
Jul 5, 2023
Vaccination and awareness could help keep mpox in check this summer
NPR A dozen people came down with mpox in Chicago around early May, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to warn doctors of a potential mpox resurgence. To those that were watching mpox closely, the increase in U.S. cases wasn’t a surprise. New cases had been recently reported in Europe, and U.S. health officials had been […]
Jun 6, 2023
Mpox Outbreak Risk Remains in 2023
Precision Vaccinations The U.S. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Podcast Briefing, published today, offers an overview of the latest scientific information regarding mpox vaccinations. This podcast discusses three MMWR reports as of the week of May 15, 2023. First, although the number of mpox cases has decreased since the peak of the U.S. outbreak in August 2022, the […]
May 30, 2023