monkeypox

The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency. Smith Collection/Gado // Getty Images On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency. The disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was declared a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022 […]

Monkeypox renamed mpox by World Health Organization, citing racist stigma : Goats and Soda  NPR Source link

CNN  —  The World Health Organization announced Monday that “mpox” is now the preferred name for monkeypox. “Both names will be . . .

In the monkeypox outbreak that unspooled this summer in the United States and dozens of other countries, men who have sex with men were the most at risk. But thousands of women were also infected, and many more cases were probably missed, according to the first ever study of women and nonbinary people who had […]

Good morning. It’s Friday. We’ll look at why the monkeypox outbreak is subsiding in New York City. And, an election follow-up: Did Mayor Eric Adams’s focus on crime hurt Democratic candidates last week? A dangerous virus, monkeypox, arrived in New York City in May, shortly before the World Health Organization declared it a “public health […]

Comment on this story Comment Monkeypox is causing devastating outcomes for people with severely weakened immune systems, even as new cases continue to decline in the United States, according to a

Jennifer L. Kriss, PhD1; Peter M. Boersma, MPH1; Emalee Martin, MPH1; Kirsten Reed, MPH1; Jennifer Adjemian, PhD1; Nathaniel Smith, MD1; Rosalind J. Carter, PhD1; Kathrine R. Tan, MD1; Arunkumar Srinivasan, PhD2; Sunanda McGarvey3; Jennifer McGehee, MS2; Danielle Henderson, MPH2; Noah Aleshire1; Adi V. Gundlapalli, MD1 (View author affiliations) View suggested citationSummary What is already known […]

Jennifer L. Kriss, PhD1; Peter M. Boersma, MPH1; Emalee Martin, MPH1; Kirsten Reed, MPH1; Jennifer Adjemian, PhD1; Nathaniel Smith, MD1; Rosalind J. Carter, PhD1; Kathrine R. Tan, MD1; Arunkumar Srinivasan, PhD2; Sunanda McGarvey3; Jennifer McGehee, MS2; Danielle Henderson, MPH2; Noah Aleshire1; Adi V. Gundlapalli, MD1 (View author affiliations) View suggested citationSummary What is already known […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On a Monday morning in mid-July, William L. Jeffries IV decided it was time to call a colleague for help. Jeffries is a senior health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and […]

On a Monday morning in mid-July, William L. Jeffries IV decided it was time to call a colleague for help. Jeffries is a senior health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where he researches the ways that racism and homophobia impact health in the United States. Jeffries, who describes himself […]


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