The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week tallied 21 more cases of mpox, the diseaseformerly called monkeypox, as authorities are now bracing for the possibility of aresurgence over the coming months. Illinois makes up the largest share of new cases, with nine new infectionsreport...
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A1. Mpox was an endemic viral disease that mainly occurred in central and western Africa before 2021 when most infections were caused by contact with infected animals. The person-to-person transmission chain was relatively short, and the disease was transmitted within a family or occasionally spre...
over $800 million has been pledged to the africa centres for disease control and prevention for its fight against a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on thursday, adding that the amount was higher than expected. it had previously promised to rai...
Scientists ultimately concluded that the unprecedented outbreak was tied to sex among gay and bisexual men at raves in Spain and Belgium, marking a significant departure from the mpox’s typical pattern of spread in Africa, where outbreaks haven’t spilled across borders. READ MORE: Eating a hea...
That figure is from a report alsopublished Fridayin the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, documenting the response to the first 17 U.S. cases of monkeypox. While thefirst casein the current outbreak tested positive for monkeypox on May 18, the report reveals that the earliest U....
Some 30% of healthcare personnel who worked at the thousands of hospitals in the United States were still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of mid-September, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...
However, the CDC says its new "crude case rates" data carry several major limitations that make it difficult to determine the precise impact the vaccine is having on reducingthe outbreak. For example, people who are vaccinated may already be less likely to participate in activities that raise ...
Policy” (ASAP), founded and led by ultra-right conservative anti-gay activists Shepherd and Anita Smith. ASAP became the Children’s AIDS Fund, nowChildren’s AIDS Fund International (CAFI).They have had an insidious effect on HIV prevention efforts around the world (especially in Africa). ...
As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging about whether some vulnerable people in the United States may need booster doses of the mpox vaccine. Last month, the World Health Organization declared an mpox outbreak in the Democr...