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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported the first known case of clade I mpox. The patient recently traveled to the U.S. from Africa, where the strain is endemic.
The WHO declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency after a new offshoot of the mpox virus, first identified in Democratic Republic of Congo, beg
Concerns are mounting about a type of mpox spreading across Africa that’s believed to cause more serious illness. Experts expressed cautious optimism it wouldn't spread as broadly in the U.S ...
As British health authorities reported the first case of mpox in the UK in May 2022, the Nigerian government released information and statistics on reported cases and deaths in the country: The report of 9 May 2022 stated that between 2017 and 2022 there were 230 confirmed cases across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Rivers State ...
An epidemic of a new variant of clade I mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), called clade 1b, [2] began in Central Africa at least as early as September 2023. [3] [4] As of September 2024, more than 29,000 cases have been reported, with over 800 fatalities (~3% fatality rate), [1] nearly all in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [5]
While more than 75% of at-risk populations in the U.S. have not been fully vaccinated against mpox, many people who get their first shot of the mpox vaccine do not return for their second dose. a ...
In the European Union (EU), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) officially raised the risk level of clade I mpox to the general population living in the EU from "very low" to "low", due to the likelihood of more imported cases being identified across the continent, although the agency reiterated that the risk of sustained transmission of the virus strain in Europe was ...
Myth: The mpox vaccine is widely available to anyone. Fact: There is a vaccine that can prevent mpox, but t he CDC recommends that only certain people who are at high risk should get it.