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Though mpox has been a public health threat for years, in spring 2022 the disease spread much farther than previously and in many non-endemic nations, creating a broader crisis involving thousands of cases. Public health responded with vaccination efforts, guidance on disease detection and risk reduction, and other steps. The disease is caused by an orthopoxvirus and is in the same family as smallpox.

Severe form of mpox may be fatal in 15% of people with advanced HIV

Mary Van Beusekom

Severe complications included necrotizing (flesh-eating) skin lesions, lung dysfunction sometimes accompanied by nodules, and secondary infections and sepsis.

Mpox on back of hands
Monkeypox lesions on arm and torso

Household contact, sex among risk factors in monkeypox cases in kids, teens

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

Black children made up 47% of the 83 pediatric patients, with Latinos making up 35%.

Study suggests substantial before-symptom spread of monkeypox

Stephanie Soucheray

Data show 53% of infections are transmitted 1 to 4 days before symptoms appear.

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WHO reports mpox decline in most regions, but more deaths

Lisa Schnirring

Study finds most mpox videos on TikTok are incomplete, inaccurate

Chris Dall

1-dose Jynneos vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic mpox estimated at 78%

Mary Van Beusekom

8.5 days elapse between successive mpox cases, study estimates

Mary Van Beusekom

WHO says it will maintain global health emergency for mpox

Chris Dall

One dose of Jynneos mpox vaccine 86% effective, study suggests

Mary Van Beusekom
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Probe details mpox infection in California health worker

Many mpox infections have been reported in healthcare workers, but only a few were due to occupational exposure.

Lisa Schnirring

Studies detail mpox in women, cases after vaccination

Studies describe mpox in 158 women and 5 cases of severe disease following Jynneos vaccination.

Stephanie Soucheray
Sick woman lying on day bed

Africa to receive its first mpox vaccine doses

Africa CDC said African countries are seeing a replay of COVID-19 vaccine deployment.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Multiple mpox vaccine vials and syringe

WHO recommends new name for monkeypox

The changes target racist and stigmitizing language surrounding a term that came into use in 1970.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News

Small UK study shows 78% protection from 1 dose of monkeypox vaccine

Data that are not yet peer-reviewed indicate that a single Jynneos vaccine dose provides 78% protection against monkeypox 14 days or more after vaccination.

Jim Wappes | Editorial Director | CIDRAP News

Dutch study finds no evidence of monkeypox transmission before May 2022

Researchers found no evidence of disease spread in Dutch sexual networks of men who have sex with men before May.

Study describes monkeypox in women; CDC warns of Tpoxx resistance

As much as 25% of infections in women are not linked to sexual transmission, new data show.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
Monkeypox lesions on hands and arms

Jynneos vaccine not linked to hospitalization, serious adverse outcomes

A study of 2,126 vaccine recipients identifies 10 cardiac events that all had alternative explanations, and no hospitalizations.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

CDC: Black, Hispanic MSM most affected by monkeypox

New data show that 32% of US cases have been in Black people, 31% in Hispanics, and 30% in White people.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Monkeypox viruses under the microscope

News Scan for Nov 09, 2022

Ebola spread to southern district adds to Uganda's challenges

At a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said Uganda's government is making progress in its battle against Ebola, but he raised concerns about case detections outside the main hot spots.

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