Category: Monkeypox
Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck
NYT A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa. Last July, I read an article in a medical journal about a puzzling new strain of the mpox virus that had turned up in Kamituga, a scrappy mining […]
Jan 22, 2025
Mpox Clade I in the U.S. Should Be a Wake-Up Call
MedPageToday The detection of the first clade I mpox case in the U.S. this November, followed by a subsequent case in Canadao , is far more than a fleeting headline. It is a stark reminder of the interconnectedness of global health. Clade I mpox, a public health emergency of international concern concentrated in Central and Eastern Africa, has […]
Jan 14, 2025
Sierra Leone declares public health emergency over mpox
Dawn Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox, announcing it was stepping up surveillance at its borders after confirming two cases of the deadly viral disease. “The confirmation of two cases of mpox in the country has prompted immediate action as mandated by the public health act,” Health Minister Austin […]
Jan 14, 2025
France identifies first case of new mpox variant
Reuters rance has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing a statement from the country’s health ministry. The patient had not traveled to Central Africa, where the new form of the virus originated but was in contact with two people who had returned from that region, […]
Jan 8, 2025
Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus
NYT A NYT reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached the teeming capital, infecting children and their mothers, who sell sex to survive. Mireille Efonge got sick a few months ago, with a fever and painful blisters on her groin. She became too weak to move, so neighbors carried her to a […]
Jan 2, 2025
Mpox: German school temporarily closed after case reported
DW Contacts have been informed after several members of a family were found to have contracted mpox. Two school-age children are among those infected. A school in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia was closed as a precaution on Monday after two children were found to be infected with the mpox virus. The mpox clade 1b variant was […]
Dec 18, 2024
Congo’s mpox crisis
Science For the second time in 2 years, a long-overlooked virus poses a global threat. Can it be contained? In late September 2023, a 33-year-old man who co-owned a bar in Kamituga, a remote mining city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), developed lesions on his genitals and a fever. He first sought […]
Dec 10, 2024
UK: Confirmed cases of mpox clade Ib
gov.uk This release has been published in response to confirmed cases of clade Ib mpox in the UK. Whilst numbers remain low updates will be released on an ad-hoc basis. As of 29 November 2024, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed 5 cases of clade Ib mpox in the UK. The first case […]
Dec 4, 2024
Canada Confirms First Case of New Mpox Variant
Bloomberg Canada confirmed its first case of a dangerous new mpox variant but said the risk to the general population remains low. The first case of clade I mpox was found in an individual in the province of Manitoba, the country’s public health agency said in a statement. A public health investigation, which includes contact tracing, […]
Nov 26, 2024
Florida has more than 100 mpox cases. Now, a more severe form has been reported in U.S.
Miami Herald The United States has reported its first confirmed case of the more contagious form of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued a health advisory, stating that while the country’s risk for the more severe form of mpox remains low, doctors should be on […]
Nov 20, 2024