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Kenya and Zambia battle mpox spikes as African countries manage multiple health threats

Lisa Schnirring

Africa CDC also notes cholera surges in Chad, Burundi, and Angola, along with hopeful signs in the DR Congo's Ebola outbreak.

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More than 600 dead in spreading DR Congo mpox outbreak as Republic of Congo reports its first cases

Mary Van Beusekom

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.

Mpox spread via nonsexual contact not common, new data show

Stephanie Soucheray

Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.

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Prolonged mpox cases more likely to occur in Black and HIV patients, study suggests

Mary Van Beusekom

US government signs $56 million deal for smallpox/mpox vaccine

Chris Dall

Quick takes: WHO chikungunya warning, mpox in Gambia, more H5N1 in California dairy cows

Lisa Schnirring

Mpox cases decline in Sierra Leone as Africa faces shortage in vaccine funding

Lisa Schnirring

Health officials encouraged by recent trends in Africa’s mpox outbreaks

Lisa Schnirring
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Monkeypox confirmed in imported African rodents

(CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has confirmed monkeypox in six rodents from a shipment of African mammals that is believed to be the source of the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.

 

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