Category: Monkeypox
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
First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United States
CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to provide information about the first case of clade I mpox diagnosed in the United States and recommendations to clinicians about preventing, diagnosing, treating, and reporting mpox cases. On November 15, 2024, the California Department of Public […]
Nov 20, 2024
First U.S. Case of Spreading New Mpox Type Reported in California
NYT The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said. A person in California has tested positive for a form of mpox causing a widespread epidemic in Africa, the state’s Department of Public Health reported on Saturday. It is the first known case in the […]
Nov 19, 2024
Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #42- 9 November 2024
WHO (download pdf )This is the 42nd situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides an update on the epidemiological situation of mpox in Africa (including countries in the WHO African Region and some countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region), with data as of 3 November 2024. On 22 November 2024, WHO […]
Nov 12, 2024
WHO convening emergency mpox meeting
The Hill The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in Africa still constitutes a a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared in August that the “upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number […]
Nov 12, 2024
WHO says mpox cases in Congo’s epicenter where the new variant was detected may be ‘plateauing’
AP Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” the World Health Organization said on Monday, even as the virus continues to increase in other areas of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda. A report by the U.N. health agency said the […]
Nov 12, 2024
Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer
The Conversation In many countries around the world, wild animals are sometimes killed for food, including monkeys, rats and squirrels. Wild meat makes significant contributions to nutrition in Africa and to satisfying food preferences in Asia. In Africa, the annual harvest of wild meat, estimated at between 1 million and 5 million metric tonnes, is substantial compared […]
Nov 5, 2024
Britain detects two more cases of new mpox variant
Reuters Britain has detected two more cases of the new mpox variant clade Ib in household contacts of the first case, the country’s health security agency (UKHSA) said on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three. The government agency that added the risk to the population remained low. The clade Ib variant is a new […]
Nov 5, 2024
Cost of Mpox Shot Deters Americans at Risk, Critics Say
New York Times The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without. A particularly deadly form of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, has led to more than 48,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths in Africa this […]
Nov 5, 2024
WHO In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing mpox outbreaks. GHEC is a grouping of professionals with the objective of strengthening the response to health emergencies, and a collaboration platform for countries and health emergency networks. […]
Oct 30, 2024