Some of the key steps have included deployment of more community health workers and decentralized lab testing.
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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Despite the risk of severe infection from COVID-19, the study authors found that only 40.5% of residents were up to date with COVID vaccination.
Most infections occurred at lower latitudes from January to July (not including April) but were seen mainly at higher latitudes from August to December.
With the H5N1 avian flu virus now reported in 5 Michigan dairy herds, officials remind residents to avoid drinking unpasteurized milk.
Researchers said the new lineage may have been present in a local animal reservoir and that sustained spread is a concern for the DRC and other world regions.
The test, the first for home sample collection, is available for doctors to order for patients who have suspected infections.
Bisexual men were less likely to report mpox vaccination than gay men.
Kids are the most affected group in the DRC's mpox outbreak, and their exposure is coming from household contacts and small animals.
Cases so far this year are triple the same period last year, and the WHO said more outbreak resources are needed, including access to vaccines.
Only 1 of 109 mpox cases was tied to workplace exposure, likely from a sharps injury.
The step paves the way for the vaccine to be given at a broader range of sites, including doctors offices and pharmacies.
