monkeypox
The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday it had confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in the state. As CBS News and others have since pointed out, this indeed marks the first official confirmation of a person with monkeypox having died amid an outbreak declared to be a public […]
On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that its monkeypox guidance had been updated after the first suspected case of human-to-dog transmission, per CBS News, Scientists revealed in a The Lancet-published paper there has been evidence that dogs and possibly other animals can contract the virus from humans. The case was documented […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order declaring the monkeypox outbreak a “state emergency disaster.” The Democratic lawmaker announced the move Friday night, after health officials confirmed there were nearly 1,400 reported cases of the disease statewide. According to the New York Department of Health, the vast majority of those cases were seen in New […]
Experts are suggesting that Monkeypox, the virus that has now reached 26 countries, could have been circulating for years without anyone knowing. As NBC News reports, scientists and experts are trying to figure out why the virus has suddenly been seen in widespread areas over the past month with hundreds of reported cases. “There may have been […]
The risk for monkeypox in the U.S. is low, according to a White House official. Dr. Raj Panjabi, Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense at the National Security Council, told NPR that the generally mild viral infection that causes flu-like symptoms has not been severe in the 10 or so assumed cases seen in the […]
After 25 cases of monkeypox were reported in the Montreal area, Quebec is planning to combat the disease by jabbing some people with a smallpox vaccine. Dr. Luc Boileau, Quebec’s public health director, said on Thursday that the vaccine will be offered to those most vulnerable to catching monkeypox, including people who have been in contact with […]
A Massachusetts resident has been diagnosed with the rare monkeypox virus—marking the first reported monkeypox case in the country this year. According to the state’s Department of Public Health, the male patient tested positive for the rare infection on Tuesday, shortly after returning from a trip to Canada. The case was confirmed Thursday after follow-up testing by […]
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