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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California health officials are confronting growing numbers of monkeypox cases, with numbers doubling in Los Angeles County over the past 2 weeks.
Multiple surface sites tested positive for virus DNA in the home of 2 patients.
In the US, officials are making more vaccine doses available.
Also, a review of clinical guidelines on monkeypox finds a dearth of good information.
New data suggest that vaccination of only known contacts may not by itself prevent transmission.
Also, 4 studies shed light on symptoms, diagnosis, and spread, with 1 paper detailing asymptomatic cases.
Maine, which has confirmed only four monkeypox cases, today reported a case of the virus in a resident under the age of 18. No further details were released by the Maine Centers for Disease Control. Maine now joins California and Florida as states with pediatric cases.
Also, researchers in Spain detail a possible human-to-dog case.
Despite concerns, US officials press ahead with intradermal injection strategy amid rising cases.
One day after the United States said it would allow intradermal, fractional dosing of Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for more trials on the practice.
As part of the push, the CDC began sending clinicians educational materials on how to administer intradermal vaccines.
