Monkeypox

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among the first Spaniards to get a monkeypox vaccine.

“If you haven't been selected for a vaccine, the answer is not to desperately hope that you'll get one," he said. “We are just coming out of COVID, when you couldn't do this or that, and now, here we go again People just hate it and put their heads in the sand.” “We are having a steady stream of new cases, and it is possible that we will have more deaths. As with the coronavirus pandemic, contact tracing to identify people who could have been infected is critical. Spanish health authorities and community groups are struggling to check an outbreak that has already claimed the lives of two young men. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among the first Spaniards to get a monkeypox vaccine.

Washington has 166 confirmed cases of orthopoxvirus, which are considered likely monkeypox, Department of Health officials shared on Thursday.

A limited number of doses are also given to laboratory workers who directly handle monkeypox specimens, according to the Department of Health. COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases are down from their peak, but there is still a strain on the health care system, Shah said. While Washington has not declared a public health emergency for monkeypox, Department of Health officials said they are continuing to monitor the situation closely. There are more than 7,100 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S. to date. That includes more than 96% of Washington’s share of vaccines from the federal government, said Michele Roberts, assistant secretary of health. One of the most common and recognizable symptoms is a pimple-like rash on many parts of the body.

The US act also includes outbreaks of infectious disease or bioterrorist attacks. The declaration lasts for 90 days but it may be extended however it has to be ...

The funds are used to coordinate between federal and local authorities and public and private entities. The government can also enact new laws to contain the outbreak and can suspend local laws. New York has become the epicentre of the monkeypox virus with most cases being reported in the country's financial hub.

The United States has declared a state of public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. The announcement came during a briefing with the Department ...

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. Last month, the European Union approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox. The United States has declared a state of public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak The United States has declared a state of public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. The declaration comes a month after the World Health Organisation issued a red alert over the spreading disease, placing monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern. U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak public health emergency

Plus, the efficacy of home tests and the unusual speed records being set by runners has many asking, why now?

A specific kind of shoe designed by Nike and then copied by others came to market just around the same time that so many track and field records began to fall one after another. A record number of users are watching airplane tracking websites these days as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan and others track celebrities and politicians across the globe. Someone who’s fully vaccinated and boosted, for example, may have a very low viral load (smaller amount of virus) and that may mean they test negative even if they do have COVID-19. If that’s the case, you might need a lab-based PCR test before COVID-19 is confirmed. After a brief period of exclusivity, competing brands have all come out with their own version of a shoe with carbon-fiber plates amid a springy midsole, and now track spikes incorporate versions of this technology, too. A New York Times analysis found that runners wearing these and similar shoesran 4 to 5 percent fasterthan runners wearing an average shoe. The new variant is more prevalent in the region comprised of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, where it makes up 10.7% of local cases. If so, a lot of infected people may be walking around spreading the virus unknowingly. The declaration allows the government to offer contracts for treatments and supplies, but it will not speed up delivery of monkeypox vaccines, which are in short supply. But there is only one company in the world producing a monkeypox vaccine. An emergency declaration allows the Department of Defense to deploy personnel to help manage the emergency, as it has for the COVID-19 pandemic. The average U.S. monkeypox patient is around 35 years old, but people of all ages can be infected. The Biden administration says monkeypox is a national health emergency.

An emergency declaration frees up resources to help fight the monkeypox outbreak. There are currently more than 6,600 cases in the U.S.. The White House today ...

However, it's possible for the virus to spread in other ways — including through face-to-face interactions with someone or from touching a contaminated surface — but data show this is exceptionally rare and occurs primarily in households. Some cities, including New York City and San Francisco, have also made their own emergency declarations. Public health emergencies last for 90 days but can be extended by the Secretary. So far, there have been more than 6,616 cases detected in the U.S., but that is likely an undercount. In the current outbreak, the vast majority of people appear to be catching the virus from sexual contact. A public health emergency can trigger grant funding and open up more resources for various aspects of a federal response.

Spain has had 4577 confirmed cases in the three months since the start of the outbreak, which has been linked to two raves in Europe.

“The answer is to be more careful. “We are just coming out of COVID, when you couldn’t do this or that, and now, here we go again … People just hate it and put their heads in the sand.” “We are having a steady stream of new cases, and it is possible that we will have more deaths. He knew of several cases among men who have sex with men, which is the leading demographic for the disease, and feared he could be next. As with the coronavirus pandemic, contact tracing to identify people who could have been infected is critical. Spanish health authorities and community groups are struggling to check an outbreak that has already claimed the lives of two young men.

FILE Registered pharmacist Sapana Patel, loads a syringe with Monkeypox vaccine at a Pop-Up Monkeypox vaccination site on Wednesday, Aug.

Johns Hopkins experts weigh in on whether the U.S. is ready for the possibility of twin pandemics.

An infectious disease in any location in the world can be in our backyard in the blink of an eye. Experts and advocates across the country have been promoting government agencies to act more quickly to control this outbreak, yet the rapid global increase in cases suggest we may have missed the opportunity for containment. The emergence of monkeypox virus (MPV) is a global threat that must be taken seriously by all. The most striking aspect of the U.S. response to monkeypox is how flawed it has been and how mistakes characteristic of the COVID-19 response were repeated. We need a public health infrastructure and resources to support the isolation and treatment of individuals experiencing MPV. Since it is highly possible for MPV to spread in the general population, we must act now before this becomes endemic. We must act swiftly, together, and without fear, misinformation, or stigma to abate this public health emergency. That has not proven to be the case, as the stockpile contains 100 million doses of an older vaccine (ACAM2000), which has rare but severe side effects, but only 2,400 doses of a newer and safer vaccine, Jynneos. This is akin to a newsstand stocked with yesterday's newspapers. Since 2020, a Danish company, Bavarian Nordic, has been producing millions of doses of Jynneo. The facility had to pass an FDA inspection before the doses could be shipped. What unites these failures is the lack of a proactive stance that is able to rapidly rise to the occasion; instead an overly bureaucratic stammering seems to be the best the government can muster. We learned from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout that when two-dose vaccine supplies are limited, prioritizing first doses is a rational strategy. Notably, the facility had passed inspection by the FDA's European counterpart, the European Medicines Agency, but it still took two months for the FDA to complete the inspection. COVID-19 exposed the shortcomings in our national health care infrastructure, from health equity issues to our vulnerability to supply chain hang-ups.

Monkeypox vaccines will arrive in Western Australia within days, after the state recorded its first case of the disease in a traveller returning from ...

"The main thing, again, is just that awareness. "I suspect there will be another wave at some point. "It's very difficult to assess precisely what the impact of that is, so that would be one of the uncertainties in the model," he said. The number of people in hospital with COVID has fallen from the mid-400s, with 351 cases in hospital, and the modelling suggested the drop was likely to continue and eventually settle in the high-200 range. We need to have the general public to be aware of the kind of symptoms and the risk factors." Both experts and authorities say it's unlikely for monkeypox to spread out of control in WA due to the low risk of transmission.

Nearly 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest threat from monkeypox in the US, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates show.

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The monkeypox outbreak of 2022 requires urgent public health measures to selectively sensitise the at-risk groups so that we can place roadblocks or.

The known risk of monkeypox in pregnancy is considered to be greater than the unknown risks posed by the vaccine during pregnancy. In summary, the monkeypox outbreak of 2022 requires urgent public health measures to selectively sensitise the at-risk groups and networks so that we can place roadblocks or circuit-breakers to stop the unchecked spread of this virus. Unfortunately, such a dead end does not seem possible in 2022, because thousands of people carrying the virus are continuing to pass it on to multiple others who belong to such networks. Rather than being grown in calf skin as in the case of DryVax, the ACAM2000 is made in cell cultures. As the virus cannot multiply in humans, there is no risk of passing on the infection to other people. However, as we saw with the 2003 outbreak in the US among families who bought pets infected with the monkeypox virus, it did not result in a nationwide spread. Immune response generated by the body against the vaccinia virus is capable of cross-protection against both the other viruses. The stigma associated with it is a deterrent, which means some people will be reluctant to come forward. Although the vast majority of initial cases of monkeypox were related to sexual networks among men who had multiple partners, the disease could not be officially termed an STD or sexually transmitted disease (STI being an updated term) such as gonorrhoea or syphilis. What makes it worse is that the word “monkey” is a derogatory slang in certain countries, prone to stigmatisation. It was a common practice in the bygone days to name diseases after animals or places that it was first described in. In the month of May 2022, a few men in European nations sought medical attention with monkeypox.

Sydney, Aug 5 (IANS) Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will begin the nation's first rollout of monkeypox vaccination on ...

“We urge people to look out for symptoms, especially those who have recently travelled overseas in Britain, Europe and North America.” Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said the country had responded early to the outbreak, by securing vaccines “in a time of limited supply and significant global demand”. Sydney: Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will begin the nation’s first rollout of monkeypox vaccination on August 8 amid a spike in the number of cases.

As Chicago's 2022 Market Days approaches this weekend, here's what health officials are saying about vaccine supply, how the virus spreads, the community at ...

“There’s nothing inherent in the biology of the virus that limits it to men who have sex with men. There are some genetic mutations in the virus that suggest why that may be happening, but we do need a globally-coordinated response to get it under control." The CDC notes that MPV can be spread via direct contact with rashes, scabs or bodily fluids. "This proclamation will aid in facilitating the complicated logistics and transportation of vaccines across the state to reach the most impacted communities efficiently." Arwady also noted that the city is preliminarily expecting 20,000 additional doses of vaccine over the next 4-6 weeks. And, doctors and public health experts are continuing to express concerns as the virus spreads in ways that experts say they haven't seen before. It takes about two weeks for the first dose to take full effect. However, vaccines are currently being distributed to those that the Chicago Department of Public Health has noted as being at highest risk -- which is "close-knit social networks of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)." Nearly 460 of those cases are Chicago, the city's public health department confirmed Thursday. Arwady on Thursday said all but one of Chicago's cases have been diagnosed among men who have had sex with other men -- but she also emphasized that there is nothing about the virus that would limit it to that community. “MPV is not a ‘gay disease’,” CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said. According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, the virus "has primarily spread through close-knit social networks of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)," but that anyone can get infected.

Monkeypox has quickly spread throughout the world to 87 countries, including 80 countries that historically had not seen the disease before, USA Today reports.

"This is a strong attempt to try to elevate the message higher than it has been," he added. However, experts say the public health emergency declaration is a welcome development. Califf said FDA is optimistic about the approach and that a final decision on splitting doses this way should be coming "within the next few days," adding that "it's important to note that overall safety and efficacy profile will not be sacrificed for this approach." "It also represents an important commitment by the administration to the community." According to CDC, nearly all monkeypox cases in the United States have resulted from male-to-male sexual contact. Monkeypox first arrived in the United States in May and has rapidly spread throughout the country.

On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organisation's director-general declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).1 In the US, the ...

The covid-19 pandemic has amplified the need for equitable sharing of scientific information and the benefits of biomedical research. The global community can show that it is capable of protecting civil and human rights and not stigmatising affected communities. Caring for and partnering with affected communities can limit harm and make all of us safer. As we predict growth in cases in the Middle East and north African countries, and in Brazil, Hungary, and other countries where men who have sex with men and transgender people are stigmatised or criminalised, how can we focus the response on those currently most affected without fueling stigma and harming communities at elevated risk of monkeypox? 3 According to data published on 6 July from the WHO, 99.5% of reported cases have been in men, 4 and, so far, the majority of reported cases have been in communities of men who have sex with men. Research suggests that the new monkeypox strain behaves differently than those historically found in central and western Africa. 2 As of 26 July, there have been more than 19 000 confirmed cases worldwide in 2022, with more than 98% of these in 68 countries outside of the six countries where the virus has been endemic.

The Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. Here's how businesses can help.

It should create a business advisory committee, modeled on the Department of Homeland Security’s critical infrastructure advisory committees, with representatives from diverse industries, to advise on the economic impacts of public health regulations and assist in pandemic planning. We must start applying these lessons now–and hope that it’s not already too late to benefit from them in our fight against monkeypox. They should embrace their roles as trusted information sources for their employees during a public health crisis. The final lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic concerns the way businesses themselves can better prepare. The result was a vaccine that offers high rates of efficacy and protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death. It must also ensure that we have a strong supply chain for these items, which can be activated quickly in a crisis. Private companies built on a decade of research partnerships, including with the National Institutes of Health, on a new vaccine type–based on messenger RNA and produced synthetically–and took on billions of dollars in risk. We must make certain necessary regulatory reforms that can help with this latest public health challenge remain in place. The last time the WHO took that step, it was responding to the emergence of COVID-19. This will minimize economic disruption, maximize workplace safety, and enable the government to mitigate public health consequences by responding rapidly. The Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency as cases topped 6,600 in the U.S. The rapid spread of the disease has prompted the World Health Organization to classify it as a global health emergency. At COVID-19’s onset, business leaders had to adapt quickly, making decisions in an environment of uncertainty amid a rapidly shifting public health response.

Biden administration declared monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. This comes as cases are rapidly rising and with cases in almost every state.

Employers may also wish to consider how they will handle absences of up to one month, if remote work is not a possibility and/or when remote work is a possibility. The declaration follows the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration last month of monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern. On August 4, 2022, the Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

The Biden administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against ...

Walensky noted that 51 U.S. jurisdictions already have agreed to share data on monkeypox cases and vaccine administration. Under dose-sparing, doctors would perform a shallow injection between the layers of the skin—an intradermal shot—rather than the usual subcutaneous injection, Califf said. Estimates suggest there are as many as 1.7 million people at the highest risk for contracting monkeypox right now, Walensky said. Officials also hope the declaration will put pressure on local jurisdictions to expand data sharing with the CDC, "so that we can have comprehensive and timely data available to inform public health decisions," Walensky said. "We're prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility to help us tackle this virus," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said during a media briefing on Thursday. The Biden administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus.

“As monkeypox continues to spread throughout New York City and the country, I'm grateful to President Biden and HHS Secretary Becerra for declaring a public ...

I urge the federal government to invoke the Defense Production Act to ensure we have the necessary quantity of vaccines to fulfill both doses of this two-dose series and continue cutting the red tape to make treatment and testing more accessible for all. “As monkeypox continues to spread throughout New York City and the country, I’m grateful to President Biden and HHS Secretary Becerra for declaring a public health emergency today. We continue to be the epicenter of this outbreak, with over 25 percent of cases nationally and approximately 150,000 New Yorkers who we estimate to be currently at risk for exposure.

InIn May, public health officials started to detect cases of monkeypox all over the world, including in places where the disease doesn't usually spread.

Researchers are still trying to figure out why monkeypox started spreading outside of the places where it’s usually found. Public health officials are also offering the vaccine to the groups where the virus is primarily spreading: men who have sex with men, and people who have had multiple recent sexual partners in areas where the disease is spreading. In the past, cases of monkeypox usually included lesions over the whole body. Right now, monkeypox testing is still limited in the United States. People can get tested by doctors or urgent care providers. Right now, it seems to be spreading mostly through sexual contact, which is one reason why we’re seeing infections clustered in sexual networks. In May, public health officials started to detect cases of monkeypox all over the world, including in places where the disease doesn’t usually spread. Most testing still requires that healthcare providers swab a monkeypox lesion, and there’s no way for someone to do that on their own at this point. The last pandemic to be declared was COVID-19 in March 2020, which was approximately yesterday or eight decades ago, depending on how twisted your perception of time has gotten over the past two years. The most telltale signs of monkeypox are blister- and pimple-like lesions on the body. It’s a similar virus to the one that causes smallpox. Emergency declarations help free up resources for countries and organizations to take more public health measures during an outbreak. This isn’t a new virus.

The US, like the World Health Organization earlier, also declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

Danish company Bavarian Nordic has a vaccine that goes by the brand name Jynneos, Imvamune or Imvanex – depending on geography. Increased global travel as well as climate change have generally accelerated the emergence and spread of viruses, experts say. Until this year, the viral disease has rarely spread outside Africa where it is endemic. This status unleashes funding and gives health agencies regulatory flexibility that could help increase access to vaccines and treatments. Monkeypox spreads primarily via intimate skin-to-skin contact, usually with someone who has an active rash, as well as via contact with contaminated clothes or bedding. Severe cases can occur though people tend to recover within two to four weeks, according to the WHO.

Of those, there have been 10 confirmed deaths in Spain, Brazil, India, Ghana, and Nigeria. There are 7,102 monkeypox cases in the US and so far no one has died ...

Make sure to see a doctor if you have monkeypox symptoms. And can you die from it? In that sense, "COVID would still be high on the list to be very aware of and very cautious of," Yusuff says. But just how serious is this viral illness that's a cousin of smallpox? "It can still cause problems as far as a lot of lesions and they can be very, very painful and somewhat debilitating so it is kind of scary in that sense," Gulick says. - As of August 4, there have been 26,864 confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that he will declare the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the ...

HHS has allocated 1.1 million doses to states and jurisdictions in total and is making more doses available as jurisdictions use their current supply. As of today, HHS has shipped more than 602,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine to states and jurisdictions, an increase of 266,000 in the past week. Thursday’s announcements are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive strategy to combat the monkeypox outbreak. Additionally, it provides authorities to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to collect testing and hospitalization data. Declaring the outbreak an emergency may provide the justification that the remaining jurisdictions need to sign their agreements. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that he will declare the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). This action will further strengthen and accelerate the Biden-Harris Administration’s response in recognition of the continued rapid transmission of monkeypox in the U.S. and globally, and to signal the seriousness and urgency with which the Administration is responding.

As a primary care and addiction medicine physician, I have been dismayed by the number of patients I've treated over the past few weeks who've been infected ...

And lastly, we must recognize that the least stigmatizing and least homophobic approach to this infectious disease is to provide individuals with information on how it spreads and what steps can mitigate their risk of disease. Patients similarly need access to places to isolate without putting those they live with at risk of contracting the virus—we turned hotels into isolation venues for patients with covid-19, 15 why not for monkeypox? When people register for a monkeypox vaccine that requires certification of eligibility and the disclosure of sensitive information (sexuality and/or number of sexual partners), they should be informed of the protections in place to keep that information confidential. Individuals should be able to register for appointments without giving a name to allow those who are fearful of their sexuality being made public a way to gain access to vaccination. Many of the patients I’ve seen have had to come to the emergency department for testing, unable to get a simple swab performed in urgent care settings, health department clinics, or with primary care doctors. 2 3 4 Yet, just as we have failed to deploy these tools to assist in outbreaks in African nations, 5 we are now also failing our patients from a sexual minority—patients who are already underserved and justifiably mistrusting of a medical system that less than 50 years ago considered the idea of men having sex with men a psychiatric illness.

Dr. Ashish Jha told "CBS Mornings" that declaring a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak will speed up vaccinations and help health officials ...

"The goal of this is still to eliminate this virus — to get it under control and ultimately eliminate it. "Ninety-eight percent of the cases so far have been among gay and bisexual men. And we're primarily targeting those vaccines to the community where this virus is spreading." And in Washington state, some residents are even driving to Canada for shots. At least five children and a pregnant woman have contracted the virus. The U.S. has declared a public health emergency after weeks of pressure to do more to stop the monkeypox outbreak.

The Jynneos vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent monkeypox. ACAM2000, ...

The latest: Air raid sirens went off in central and southern Israel late Friday local time. Worth noting: There is currently a limited supply of the Jynneos vaccine. ACAM2000 is found to have more side effects and a higher rate of adverse events. But ACAM2000 is distributed by multiple punctures, leading to potential scarring. The ACAM2000 monkeypox vaccine comes with the risk of adverse effects, including myocarditis and/or pericarditis, the CDC said. - Having a high number of sexual partners is not enough to get you a vaccine since it is not a sexually-transmitted disease. The Jynneos vaccine contains a live weakened virus related to monkeypox and smallpox that does not replicate within the human body, per the CDC. You cannot catch monkeypox or smallpox from the vaccine, New York state health officials said. Worth noting: The CDC said there is no data available for the effectiveness of the vaccines for the current monkeypox outbreak. - The vaccine contains a virus capable of transmission to close contacts. However, this is based on research from the 1980s based on a monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Jynneos vaccine includes a live virus that doesn't replicate and is associated with fewer adverse effects, the CDC said. - The ACAM2000 has a larger supply of vaccines available, but the CDC does not recommend them for people with certain health conditions.

Dr. Ashish Jha told "CBS Mornings" that declaring a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak will speed up vaccinations and help health officials ...

"The goal of this is still to eliminate this virus — to get it under control and ultimately eliminate it. "Ninety-eight percent of the cases so far have been among gay and bisexual men. And we're primarily targeting those vaccines to the community where this virus is spreading." And in Washington state, some residents are even driving to Canada for shots. At least five children and a pregnant woman have contracted the virus. The U.S. has declared a public health emergency after weeks of pressure to do more to stop the monkeypox outbreak.

The Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as a new study of cases thus far in the United States found that the virus ...

However, it has the potential for more side effects and adverse events than JYNNEOS. It is not recommended for people with severely weakened immune systems and several other conditions.” It takes 14 days after getting the second dose of JYNNEOS for its immune protection to reach its maximum,” CDC says. The public health emergency, which coincides with the Food and Drug Administration’s exploration of ways to stretch the vaccine supply including a “dose-sparing approach,” also “carries important implications for data sharing with the federal government,” HHS said. The most frequently reported signs and symptoms included rash, fever, chills, and swollen lymph nodes. Among the cases with available data, 41 percent were among non-Hispanic whites, 28 percent were Hispanic, and 26 percent were Black. The median age of patients was 35 years old. Eighty-one countries with no historical reports of monkeypox are now reporting cases, mainly in Europe and the United States.

The Biden administration has declared the monkeypox outbreak in the US to be a public health emergency.

People who are known, confirmed contacts of people with monkeypox are eligible to be vaccinated. However, it shouldn't be used in people with certain health conditions, according to the CDC For prevention, the CDC recommends that the vaccine be given up to four days after exposure. specifically to avoid touching any rash that may be on a partner's body. The CDC says The virus may also pass to a fetus through the placenta. This may include those whose infection has advanced into the severe stage and people with weakened immune systems. Another vaccine, Jynneos, is specifically intended for monkeypox, but it's in short supply. "This is likely due to shared sexual networks. available for monkeypox patients at risk of severe disease. Within five days of the prodrome starting, patients develop a rash that can look like pimples or blisters," said Dr. Jason Zucker, an infectious diseases specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. According to the CDC

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published the latest technical briefing, which shows early signs that the outbreak is plateauing.

Twenty-two cases in women have been identified and 99% of all UK cases are male. Be vigilant of and check yourself for monkeypox symptoms, including rashes and blisters. In England, 73% are known to be London residents over the course of the outbreak.

The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, freeing up more resources to combat the disease and expanding the CDC's ...

Those who are infected with the disease tend to have lesions and flu-like symptoms, though all cases are different. Some areas are offering the vaccine to communities at higher risk. We were caught sleeping at the wheel.”

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday there were "early signs" that the monkeypox outbreak is plateauing across the country and that its ...

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What is monkeypox, and where does it come from? Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV), which can spread from animals to humans or ...

“We don’t think there’s anything about the ways that (men) have sex with each other that exclusively caused the spread of this particular virus,” Goodman explained. Although the overwhelming majority of infections in this current outbreak are among men who have sex with men, according to the WHO, anyone can get monkeypox. A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine of 528 monkeypox patients diagnosed between April 27 and June 24, 2022, showed there was “no clear evidence of sexual transmission through seminal or vaginal fluids,” the study authors wrote. … Coming into close, skin-to-skin contact with someone who has lesions that are teeming with virus is the highest risk,” said Adamson. (In order for the virus to enter through the respiratory tract, prolonged contact, defined by the CDC as within 6 feet for three hours, per Roberts, is necessary.) (In a non-sexual scenario, a person may contract monkeypox from touching a lesion with their hand and then touching their mouth or eyes, Roberts said.) That’s not the case,” said Roberts. Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV), which can spread from animals to humans or between humans. However, in this outbreak, symptoms have looked different from the classic clinical picture of monkeypox, NBC News reported. Skin-to-skin contact can occur during sexual activity, such as oral, vaginal or anal sex, and foreplay. The lesions usually start out as pimple-like then become pus-filled and eventually scab or crust over. The virus, which previously circulated primarily in West and Central Africa, has now been declared a public health emergency by the Biden administration.

Meanwhile, the CDC published a clinical and epidemiological snapshot of US cases, revealing that 42% didn't report prodrome symptoms.

Writing in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC said of the men who reported their sexual partners in the 3 weeks before they got sick, the majority had multiple partners. In Washington DC, the virus has spread to the homeless population, with two recorded cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported 485 more monkeypox cases, raising the national total to 7,102.

A detailed analysis of monkeypox case records published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday offers new insight into the outbreak, ...

It was the most common location for rash (46%), followed by arms (40%), face (38%) and legs (37%). More than a third of cases with available data reported rash in four or more regions. At least one person with monkeypox had symptoms more than three weeks after their first dose of the Jynneos vaccine. However, a genital rash was more commonly reported in the current outbreak than in "typical" monkeypox.

An Illinois day-care worker has tested positive for monkeypox, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday, but no other cases have been ...

Officials did not say how many children might have been exposed to the virus. You do not need to call public health. "Screening of children and other staff is taking place now."

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. In general, monkeypox presents similarly in adults as in children—with fever, swollen lymph nodes ...

But in reality, the risk to a child is exceedingly low.” “Tecovirimat is the first-line treatment and is being used under an investigational protocol,” according to the AAP. “The CDC recently streamlined the process to obtain it. That being said, the suggested isolation for monkeypox is much longer than other viruses. “You’re not going to get monkeypox with brief face-to-face interactions with people who have monkeypox, you’re going to get it from really prolonged direct close contact with somebody who’s been affected.” Rashes are the most common symptom for monkeypox and can look similar to other rashes commonly found in children. In general, monkeypox presents similarly in adults as in children—with fever, swollen lymph nodes, and skin lesions throughout the body.

Andrea Connor has become "the accidental COVID Czar" of Lake Forest College, a small school north of Chicago where she serves as dean of students.

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State health officials Friday announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Montana. The case was found in Flathead County.

State health officials ran the test on Aug. 5. The state says it’s provisioning supplies if necessary. Montana was one the last states to report a case of monkeypox.

We're dispelling myths about monkeypox. Doctors explain the symptoms of monkeypox and exactly how the virus is spread, and the disease is treated.

Right at this moment, the people with the highest risk are men who have sex with men and have multiple sex partners, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, even though monkeypox isn’t an STI, But, Dr. Benjamin stresses, “people should not just assume that this is a disease in the LGBTQ+ community — everyone is at risk. “One of the challenges with this disease is that the virus lives on surfaces pretty easily,” says Dr. Benjamin. The CDC suggests that the virus can possibly live on surfaces for a couple of weeks to a month. “The best descriptor of monkeypox is that it’s a virus that can be spread by skin-to-skin contact, including the contact that takes place during sex.” The CDC suggests that anyone who’s been exposed to monkeypox or who’s at a higher risk for getting the virus get vaccinated. “An aware and prepared community will be best equipped to face what is rapidly developing: an increase in monkeypox cases nationally and worldwide,” says Dr. Riveria. It is, however, spread via “ close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact,” where someone has direct contact with a person who has a monkeypox rash, according to the CDC. That may involve sex, but also includes lots of other things. If you’ve been exposed to monkeypox or start to get a rash, contact your doctor or local health department, Dr. Riveria says. A monkeypox rash, however, starts with a flat appearance and becomes raised and filled with fluid — a transition that can take up to a week. “Early symptoms are usually similar to the common cold,” says Paulette Grey Riveria, M.D., M.P.H., a family medicine physician with the virtual health platform PlushCare. “Once a rash develops, monkeypox can be spread most easily. Symptoms usually start within three weeks of being exposed to the virus, and the illness can last two to four weeks, the CDC says. Before the 2022 outbreak, most monkeypox cases were reported in central and western African countries or among people who had traveled to countries where the disease was common. Still, you don't want monkeypox, which is one reason that it’s crucial to understand how monkeypox is transmitted, the symptoms of the virus and how it can be treated and prevented, Dr. Benjamin says.