Mpox

Mpox

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Africa CDC warns of exponential mpox spread in Guinea​
Mpox cases rise in handful of Africa’s outbreak countries​
Health officials encouraged by recent trends in Africa’s mpox outbreaks​
Trial of Jynneos mpox vaccine begins in infants, toddlers, pregnant women​
As mpox escalates in Sierra Leone, activity in other countries reflects mixed picture​
GAO to HHS: Fix ‘persistent deficiencies’ in infectious-disease testing before next pandemic​
Sierra Leone battles intense mpox activity as Ethiopia reports first death​
Analysis shows mpox lurked in Nigeria for 8 years before igniting global 2022 outbreak​
Togo reports mpox outbreak as activity escalates in West Africa​
Researchers report mpox DNA, live virus on surfaces and in air from patients’ rooms​
Quick takes: California urges mpox vaccination, UK menB campaign, Legionnaires’ in North Carolina​
Berlin sees rapid rise in locally acquired mpox clade 1b cases​
Tpoxx should no longer be used to treat mpox, European drug regulators say​
Quick takes: Clade 1 mpox in NYC, cruise ship norovirus outbreak, avian flu case in Cambodia​
Analysis suggests rope squirrels are a natural reservoir of mpox virus​
Tpoxx doesn’t improve on placebo in achieving key mpox outcomes, phase 3 trial concludes​
Mpox doesn’t always cause illness, yet many patients have long-term effects, studies suggest​
Mpox antibodies wane 2 years after infection or vaccination, study finds​
Reports show how mpox clade 1b spreads through non-sexual contact in DR Congo, Ireland​
Spain reports first known human-to-human mpox clade 1b transmission outside Africa​