Mpox in the United States and Around the World: Current Situation
Jan 16, 2025 · CDC is working with public health partners in the United States and throughout Africa to monitor for mpox cases and increase surveillance capacity, in addition to other activities. Clade II mpox cases continue to spread at low levels in many countries around the world.
Could the new mpox threat cause significant harm in the U.S.? - NBC News
As concerns mount about a type of mpox spreading across Africa that’s believed to cause more serious illness, infectious disease experts expressed cautious optimism that this branch of the virus...
U.S. officials declare monkeypox a public health emergency - NBC News
Aug 4, 2022 · The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday as cases topped 6,600 nationwide. The declaration could facilitate access to emergency funds, allow health...
Mapped: New mpox cases reported. What countries have it now?
Aug 22, 2024 · Uganda has reported two new cases of the clade 1b strain of the mpox virus. The health ministry has announced that one of the patients is a truck driver and that both are in isolation at a...
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency
Aug 14, 2024 · Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that can spread easily between people and from infected animals. It can spread through close contact such as touching, kissing or sex, as...
Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health ... - UN News
Aug 20, 2024 · Formerly known as monkeypox, the viral disease can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via objects and surfaces that have been...
WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of ... - UN News
Aug 14, 2024 · The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called for the meeting last Wednesday to seek advice on whether the mpox – previously monkeypox – outbreaks are cause for international...
Mpox outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO)
An upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighbouring countries was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 14 August 2024. Mpox is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus.
Why has the WHO declared mpox a global health emergency?
Aug 15, 2024 · Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus which was first discovered in 1958. It is endemic in parts of central and west Africa. Mpox causes a distinctive skin rash or lesions, accompanied by flu-like symptoms, such as fever, sore throat and headache.
Monkeypox in the U.S.: What we know about the 19 cases ... - NBC News
Jun 2, 2022 · 19 monkeypox cases identified in U.S.: What we know about the patients. The CDC has begun targeted vaccinations for close contacts of people diagnosed with monkeypox, which has been reported in...