Monkeypox Outbreak Slows as Feds Promise Action, Outreach

Monkeypox Outbreak Slows as Feds Promise Action, Outreach

Sept. 15, 2022 – The number of Americans newly diagnosed with monkeypox has decreased by about 50% since early August, White House and other federal health officials announced Thursday. Although the overall picture is improving, there are still some areas in the U.S. seeing increasing infection numbers. For this and other reasons, the CDC plans … Read more

Monkeypox On Campus: Universities Plan for New Health Threat

Monkeypox On Campus: Universities Plan for New Health Threat

Nancy Santos Gainer, spokeswoman, West Chester University. William Schaffner, MD, professor of infectious diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville. Amesh Adalja, MD, infectious disease specialist, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore. Leana Wen, MD, emergency doctor, public health policy professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC. Shilpa Bakre, spokesperson, University of Texas. … Read more

Monkeypox outbreak ‘unusual, concerning,’ says WHO ahead of emergency meeting

Monkeypox outbreak ‘unusual, concerning,’ says WHO ahead of emergency meeting

The global outbreak of monkeypox is “clearly unusual and concerning”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday as he announced to convene an emergency committee next week to assess whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. So far this year, over 1,600 confirmed and almost 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox … Read more

Global Monkeypox Cases Rise to More Than 550

Global Monkeypox Cases Rise to More Than 550

June 1, 2022 — More than 550 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide, according to an update from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The U.S. CDC now reports 18 cases across nine states, double the previous count from last week. Monkeypox cases have been identified in over 30 countries, according to … Read more

WHO aims to contain monkeypox outbreak by minimizing human transmission

WHO aims to contain monkeypox outbreak by minimizing human transmission

It is not clear yet whether the spread of monkeypox can be contained completely, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that its goal was to contain the outbreak by stopping human-to-human transmission to the maximum extent possible. “Tools to manage it – including readily available diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics – are not likely … Read more

What to Know About Monkeypox Amid U.S. Cases

What to Know About Monkeypox Amid U.S. Cases

May 24, 2022 – After 2 years of hearing about the coronavirus, there’s now another infectious disease on Americans’ radars: monkeypox. There is now one confirmed case and four suspected cases of the monkeypox virus – a rare disease closely related to smallpox – in the U.S., according to the CDC. There are two strains … Read more

Monkeypox Outbreak Live: Spike in cases triggers fear of another pandemic; How concerned should India be?

Monkeypox Outbreak Live: Spike in cases triggers fear of another pandemic; How concerned should India be?

Monkeypox Live Updates May 22: The world is in the third year of a pandemic and the World Health Organisation has already predicted an outbreak of another virus. Various health experts have cautioned against the rising cases of Monkeypox in Europe and elsewhere, a type of viral infection which is currently more common to west … Read more