Category: Monkeypox
A history of mpox so far
STAT In August, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and several other African countries a public health emergency of international concern. This is the second time in two years that mpox, formerly called monkeypox, has been listed as a PHEIC. In 2022, mpox spread through multiple […]
Sep 18, 2024
NIH releases mpox research agenda
NIH Plan will advance knowledge of virus biology to improve detection, treatment and prevention.As part of the U.S. government response to the current mpox outbreak(link is external), the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has released an update on its priorities for mpox research. The NIAID mpox research agenda focuses […]
Sep 18, 2024
Readout of White House Convening on Mpox
White House Today, leaders from the National Security Council and the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy convened a roundtable with Federal agencies, global and domestic public health partners, advocacy organizations, and community leaders to discuss the escalating “clade I” mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and multiple […]
Sep 17, 2024
Nurses working in fear: BBC visits mpox epicentre
BBC Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections. At a treatment centre in South Kivu province that the BBC visited in the epicentre of the […]
Sep 11, 2024
Mpox is coming back deadlier than before. The U.S. must respond now.
Washington Post | Opinion Two years ago, the United States and other Western countries mounted an aggressive — and successful — response to mpox. But the virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is coming back deadlier than before. The West must curb this threat before it once again wreaks havoc around the world. The previous outbreak spread […]
Sep 10, 2024
India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country
Reuters India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been isolated in a hospital and is in a table condition, the ministry said. The ministry did not specify which strain […]
Sep 10, 2024
US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain
Reuters The United States has beefed up testing and surveillance for a new strain of mpox and has ensured that vaccines are readily available at local pharmacies and community health centers, senior administration officials said in a briefing on Friday. No cases of the more transmissible strain of the virus have been confirmed in the […]
Sep 10, 2024
Mpox is back: What to know and do
Harvard Ever heard of mpox? Wondering why it’s back in the news? Many of us first learned about mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, when the largest known outbreak spread to nearly 100,000 people in more than 100 countries. While mpox often circulates in central and western Africa, the 2022 outbreak quickly spread from the […]
Sep 3, 2024
Iowa: Mpox detected at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility
KCRG The Iowa Department of Corrections says mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility. Mpox is an infectious viral disease that can spread between humans and animals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it spreads primarily through skin-to-skin contact. The Iowa DOC’s chief of staff sent […]
Sep 3, 2024
Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital
Reuters Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as overstretched hospital workers grappled with drug shortages and lack of space to accommodate the influx. Congo is the epicentre of an mpox outbreak that the World Health Organization declared to […]
Sep 3, 2024