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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Boston public schools (BPS) yesterday announced the first monkeypox case in an "adult member of the BPS community," according to a letter sent to parents. The school district said the person was isolating at home, and the district was working to identify exposed individuals.
One of the Florida infant's 4 caretakers reported high-risk activities before the baby contracted monkeypox.
"As we implement the interventions that we have, simultaneously, we still pursue some unanswered questions."
CDC Director Walensky says patients and clinicians likely did not recognize this new infection early on.
Two men in their 30s developed encephalomyelitis, or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Bavarian Nordic researchers show that 1- and 2-dose subcutaneous Jynneos vaccinations induce durable neutralizing antibody responses.
MSM should be advised that certain sexual practices and lifestyles put them at very high risk.
Another study reveals that some monkeypox patients develop significant neurological problems, including encephalitis, seizures, and confusion.
"So one of the questions right now is if vaccination will be the optimal tool to curb the outbreak."
New research from Europe also provides more evidence for a sexual transmission route.
