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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Pakistan has its second wild poliovirus type 1 case of the year, 4 countries report rising mpox, and the WHO has new resources.
Bavarian Nordic has received a US government contract for $120 million to manufacture more of its Jynneos smallpox/mpox vaccine.
Meanwhile, new clinical findings from Tokyo suggest that asymptomatic mpox cases are underestimated.
The rate of series completion of two doses was similar for intradermal or subcutaneous administration, at 60.2% and 58.8%, respectively.
The WHO reports 316 new mpox cases and 2 new deaths, and the UK warns about a rise in measles transmission.
Takeda says it voluntarily withdrew its dengue vaccine application because of issues with data collection that can't be resolved quickly.
A UNICEF/WHO report highlights gender inequalities related to public health issues with household drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The review found that unlike earlier events, most patients in the current outbreak didn't have fever before blisters developed.
An adult in Montezuma County, Colorado, has been infected with plague bacteria, likely on private property.
Amid the global decline, Israel reported its first mpox case of 2023.
