Federal officials are “cautiously optimistic” as monkeypox cases decline, even as health officials announced the first pediatric case in New York City. By Joseph Goldstein and Noah Weiland Health officials said on Thursday that a child had been infected with monkeypox...
The patients turning up at clinics often have a range of symptoms that are not typical of the infection. Some of the infected seem to have no symptoms at all. By Apoorva Mandavilli Early in the monkeypox outbreak, a man in his 20s arrived at an emergency department in...
By Corinne Purtill Maureen Miller, an infectious disease epidemiologist and medical anthropologist at Columbia University, was not surprised to learn this week that an Italian greyhound in Paris had become the first dog known to catch monkeypox from a human. The U.S....
The Biden administration will distribute monkeypox vaccine to jurisdictions that adopt a new protocol using one-fifth the regular dose. Critics called the plan “unscientific.” By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Sharon Otterman and Apoorva Mandavilli The White House, under...
By MJ Lee The US Food and Drug Administration defended the federal government’s recent decision to stretch out its limited supply of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine by giving individuals smaller doses using a different method of injection, pointing out in a...
This viral illness is not like Covid, but there is cause for concern. Here’s how experts are thinking about it now. By Knvul Sheikh Monkeypox cases are increasing worldwide, including in the United States, which has declared the outbreak a national health...
National Vaccine Strategy On June 28, 2022 the National Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy was released by the White House. Highlights CDC is closely tracking cases of monkeypox recently detected in the United States. Considerations for Monkeypox Vaccination2022 Monkeypox...
19 May 2022 Key facts Vaccines used during the smallpox eradication programme also provided protection against monkeypox. Newer vaccines have been developed of which one has been approved for prevention of monkeypoxMonkeypox is caused by monkeypox virus, a member of...
Monkeypox is an infection caused by a virus similar to the smallpox virus. It has been most common in some countries in Africa, but outbreaks can occur in other areas. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Monkeypox is spread by close contact and exposure to an infected person's...
There have been more than 16,000 cases in 75 countries, overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men. By Apoorva Mandavilli For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of declaring a global emergency. This...
By Kathryn H. Jacobsen Kathryn H. Jacobsen is the William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Health Studies at the University of Richmond, Virginia Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract...
Longstanding weaknesses in the public health system are giving the virus a chance to become entrenched. By Apoorva Mandavilli As epidemics go, the monkeypox outbreak should have been relatively easy to snuff out. The virus does not spread efficiently except through...
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL nfectious disease experts and public health advocates are warning that the Biden administration has been too slow to respond to the monkeypox outbreak and that the U.S. is at risk of losing control of the disease. The response to monkeypox is...
BY ED BROWNE Monkeypox cases are continuing to increase worldwide, but there's disagreement over how case numbers will look in the near future. The viral disease, which began spreading in non-endemic countries for the first time at an unprecedented rate earlier this...