Category: Monkeypox
Mpox testing gaps raise risk of cross-border spread
The Independent Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn. Mpox testing and monitoring efforts in hotspot areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were heavily reliant on foreign assistance, which has been slashed under […]
Apr 16, 2025
New ‘surprising’ case of mpox variant clade lb detected in England
Retuers Britain’s health security agency said on Monday another case of the mpox variant clade lb had been detected in England in a person who had no reported travel history or link with previously confirmed cases in the country. The case was diagnosed in March and all contacts have been followed up and no further […]
Apr 9, 2025
An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
Nature Researchers solve the mystery of a disease outbreak through long-term surveillance of wildlife in Africa. One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and spread the virus without becoming sick from it. Now, an international team of scientists suggests that it has an answer: […]
Apr 9, 2025
New ‘surprising’ case of mpox variant clade lb detected in England
Reuters Britain’s health security agency said on Monday another case of the mpox variant clade lb had been detected in England in a person who had no reported travel history or link with previously confirmed cases in the country. The case was diagnosed in March and all contacts have been followed up and no further […]
Apr 8, 2025
Research highlights rising risk of human-to-human mpox transmission
Medical News Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the University of Surrey. In a letter published in Nature Medicine, researchers highlight how mpox – traditionally spread from animals to humans – is now showing clear signs of sustained human-to-human transmission. Mpox is a […]
Apr 2, 2025
FDA approves Bavarian Nordic’s freeze-dried mpox and smallpox vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology The formulation allows for greater stockpiling, with Bavarian Nordic already working with the US Government to add to vaccine reserves. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the freeze-dried formulation of Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox and mpox vaccine in a move expected to provide flexibility in stockpiling the jab. Marketed as Jynneos […]
Apr 2, 2025
Mpox poses an ever-increasing epidemic and pandemic risk
Nature The human interaction with mpox has changed across its entire endemic range, revealing the endemic and pandemic risk of monkeypox virus and the current knowledge gaps on its biology that hamper virus control. Humans are an ecological niche for orthopoxviruses (OPXV) such as mpox, a niche originally filled by smallpox (variola virus; VARV). Since […]
Apr 1, 2025
Transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox epidemic in New York City
Nature The 2022 global mpox epidemic was caused by transmission of MPXV clade IIb, lineage B.1 through sexual contact networks, with New York City (NYC) experiencing the first and largest outbreak in the United States. By performing phylogeographic analysis of MPXV genomes sampled from 757 individuals in NYC between April 2022 and April 2023, and […]
Mar 26, 2025
Clade I Mpox Outbreak Originating in Central Africa
CDC Since January 1, 2024, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and several neighboring countries in Central and Eastern Africa have confirmed through laboratory testing more than 21,000 mpox cases and more than 65 deaths. There have also been travel-associated cases in other parts of Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. The risk […]
Mar 19, 2025
DRC faces setback in fight against mpox amid ongoing fighting in east
Africa News Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the region is facing a setback in its fight against the mpox outbreak. The DRC has the highest burden of the virus with the epicentre in the east. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said […]
Mar 12, 2025