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A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, local health officials announced Monday. It’s believed to be the first U.S. fatality from the disease. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced the cause of death, and a spokesperson said it was […]
A Los Angeles resident with a compromised immune system has died of monkeypox in what is believed to be the first US fatality from the virus. The Los Angeles department of public health reconfirmed the death on Monday, and said that the individual . . .
Today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided data on safety outcomes on 369 patients who receiving the monkeypox antiviral drug tecovirimat (Tpoxx), noting that few adverse events were reported. In related news, a study spotlighted neurologic complications such as encephalitis and seizures in monkeypox […]
Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. During a telemedia briefing Thursday, Capt. Jennifer McQuiston, deputy director of the division of high consequence pathogens and pathology at the CDC, shared the first breakdown of infections by race and ethnicity. […]
Comment on this story Comment Federal officials this week touted the arrival of hundreds of thousands of additional monkeypox vaccine doses, heralding it as a milestone in the nation’s fight against the outbreak. What they left out: The United States is entering a critical three-month period where cases may continue to multiply, but no more […]
Two of the hardest-hit U.S. regions have raised the alert level over the monkeypox outbreak. San Francisco declared a public health emergency Thursday. The city accounts for 281 of California’s nearly 800 cases. The declaration gives health officials access to additional resources to deal with the outbreak. New York, with nearly 1,400 cases statewide, made […]
Healthcare workers with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene help people register for the monkeypox vaccine at one of the City’s vaccination sites, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP Healthcare workers with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene help people […]
The country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, U.S. health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so far limited vaccine supplies. The Biden administration’s top health official pushed back against criticism about the pace of the response and worries that the U.S. has missed the window to contain the virus, which has been […]
A man waits in line to receive a monkeypox vaccine in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images A man waits in line to receive a monkeypox vaccine in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images When the World Health […]
Comment on this story Comment The Biden administration privately estimated to Congress this month that it may need nearly $7 billion to mount a response to the nation’s monkeypox outbreak that matches “the scope and urgency of the current situation.” The funding estimate, the details of which were contained in a memo addressed to . […]