Global monkeypox cases surpassed 70,000 last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A study suggests that the monkeypox virus stays on surfaces, including the hospital staff’s personal protective...
Monkeypox
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says monkeypox is unlikely to be eradicated in the US in the near future. As of October 7, there were 26,577 confirmed...
The monkeypox outbreak is slowing in the US, but the disease is unlikely to be eliminated in the near future, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
The third death of a patient with monkeypox was reported in the US last week. Over 100 LGBTQ+ groups called on Congress and the White House to allocate additional funding...
The rise of new monkeypox cases continues to decline globally. A new study suggests that air, surface, and dust contamination with monkeypox viral load in a room with a monkeypox...
While health officials have “cautious optimism” about the monkeypox outbreak slowing down, the first US death due to the infection was confirmed. As of September 14, there were 23,499 confirmed...
Health officials confirmed the first US death due to monkeypox in a Los Angeles County resident. The Los Angeles Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and...
The monkeypox virus can be transmitted via close, personal contact, and for the first several months of the outbreak it appeared to be closely associated with sexual contacts. However, it is possible to transmit monkeypox person-to-person without any sexual contact, as recently reported by the CDC regarding a young man in his 20s who sought care at an Emergency Department (ED) in Stanford, California.