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Mpox

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.

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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News Scan for Nov 02, 2022

Meta-analysis suggests 14% hospitalization rate for monkeypox patients

A new study published in eClinicalMedicine analyzed 19 studies on monkeypox, which included 7,553 reported cases, among which there were 555 hospitalizations. The meta-analysis suggests monkeypox patients have a 14.1% hospitalization rate.

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News Scan for Nov 01, 2022

WHO keeps monkeypox public health emergency in place

The World Health Organization (WHO) monkeypox emergency committee met for the third time on Oct 20 to discuss the latest developments, concluding that the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

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News Scan for Oct 27, 2022

CDC emphasizes testing, treating monkeypox in pregnancy

Today during a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children who have been exposed to monkeypox be tested promptly if they show symptoms.

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Researchers warn of severe monkeypox in some patients

Of 57 hospitalized patients with severe manifestations, most were Black men with AIDS.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

CDC: Monkeypox vaccine reaching more members of minority groups

Vaccine receipt proportions more than doubled in Black people and increased almost 50% in Hispanic groups.

Jim Wappes | Editorial Director | CIDRAP News

Study shows low antibody response to monkeypox vaccine

"In general little increase in MPXV neutralization was observed after the second dose."

Primate study shows monkeypox virus in testes

The findings add more evidence of potential sexual transmission of the virus.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

CDC notes ocular monkeypox cases, needlestick infection

Four of 5 patients with ocular monkeypox required hospital care, and 1 had marked vision impairment.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

News Scan for Oct 13, 2022

3 of 4 US high school students report bad experiences during COVID

Nearly three of four US high school students report one or more adverse experiences contributing to poor mental health and suicidal behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

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News Scan for Oct 12, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines may help prevent placentitis, stillbirth in pregnancy

COVID-19 vaccination may protect pregnant women and their fetuses against virus-related placentitis (inflammation of the placenta) and stillbirth, concludes a review study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The research will also be presented next week at ID Week in Washington, DC.