Category: Monkeypox
Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say
Reuters Pakistan’s health ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, it said on Friday, though they did not yet know the strain of the virus. A health ministry spokesperson said the sequencing of the confirmed case was underway, and that it […]
Aug 20, 2024
The mpox strain spreading now is different from the one in 2022: Here’s what to know
NBC News This strain of the virus is known to be more severe, but it’s behaving differently from its usual patterns. The World Health Organization’s decision to declare mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years may seem like déjà vu — but there are key differences between the strain that’s causing international […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox Declared A Public Health Emergency In Africa: Why That’s A Concern For Other Nations
Forbes Due to the alarming surge in cases of mpox (formerly referred to as monkeypox), the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the disease a public health emergency on Tuesday. There have already been 17,500 mpox cases and 460 deaths in Africa in 2024, more than were recorded all of last year. The […]
Aug 13, 2024
UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency
Washington Post The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that given the increasing spread of mpox cases […]
Aug 7, 2024
Alarm Bells Ring in Africa Over Virulent New Mpox Strain
Bloomberg A mutated strain of the virus that causes mpox has been detected in at least six African countries, and fears are mounting that the cases could be but the beginnings of a continent-wide outbreak of the disease. The new variant may have infected more than 12,300 people and killed almost 500 since the start […]
Aug 6, 2024
Connecticut: 11 Diagnosed With Mpox
Patch Eleven Connecticut residents have been diagnosed with mpox so far this year, the state Department of Public Health announced Monday. All the mpox patients are between the ages of 20 and 50, and reside in Fairfield, New Haven, New London and Hartford counties. The majority of these patients have not been hospitalized. In 2023, […]
Jul 10, 2024
New mpox strain in DR Congo ‘most dangerous yet’
BBC A new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is “incredibly worrying”, say health officials monitoring its spread. The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole body, is making some people very ill and can be deadly. The current outbreak has been driven by […]
Jun 26, 2024
South Africa records first mpox death after five cases confirmed
Reuters A 37-year-old man has become South Africa’s first recorded death from mpox after five laboratory-confirmed cases of the viral infection were recorded in the past month, the health minister said on Wednesday. The man died in Tembisa Hospital on Monday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla told a news conference. Mpox spreads through close contact, causing […]
Jun 12, 2024
Strategic framework for enhancing prevention and control of mpox- 2024-2027
WHO This Strategic framework for enhancing prevention and control of mpox (2024–2027) outlines a road map for health authorities, communities, and stakeholders worldwide to control mpox outbreaks in every context, advance mpox research and access to countermeasures, and minimize zoonotic transmission. There are two known clades of monkeypox virus (MPXV) with distinct epidemiological patterns and […]
May 28, 2024
MSN The CDC is reporting an uptick in mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, cases across the United States. So far this year, they’ve reported almost 600 positive cases of mpox, which is nearly double the amount of cases reported in 2023. Dr. Wes Stubblefield with the Alabama Department of Public Health said mpox is a […]
Apr 16, 2024