The largest-ever study on this topic systematically tested how 16 hypothetical social and environmental factors influence where outbreaks occur.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.
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The infected person exposed 17 people at 2 group homes to the disease.
The findings underscore the need for more education as some sexually transmitted infections increase, the authors say.
Ongoing transmission may be fueled by infected men who have no symptoms.
The first travel-related case of clade 1 mpox in San Francisco has been confirmed.
The pause, which could affect disease surveillance, is due to the CDC’s ongoing review of its testing efficacy.
Historically, most mpox cases in Europe have been related to travel.
Studies have found that the drug is no better than placebo at healing active mpox lesions, relieving pain, or clearing the virus.
Diphtheria poses a moderate risk to Africa, after 29,000 suspected cases with 1,420 deaths have been reported in 8 nations since January 2025.
Cambodia has reported 36 human H5 infections since 2023.
The findings provide further evidence against the COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
