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WHO to phase out the name ‘monkeypox’ for ‘mpox’

28.11.2022

The World Health Organization said Monday it will phase out the name of the disease monkeypox over the next year, replacing it with the term mpox. The decision follows widespread …

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U.K. analysis shows one dose of monkeypox vaccine yields strong protection

22.11.2022

An analysis released Tuesday by U.K. health officials indicates that even one dose of the monkeypox vaccine provides strong protection against the virus. Researchers at the U.K. Health Security Agency …

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New study suggests monkeypox outbreak may be fueled in part by pre-symptomatic transmission

03.11.2022

A new British study suggests people who are infected with monkeypox may be able to transmit the virus to others before they develop noticeable symptoms of the disease — and that …

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Could monkeypox infections have long-term consequences?

19.10.2022

Since the world began confronting a global outbreak of monkeypox in the spring, the scientific community has had plenty of reasons to rue the fact that for decades this virus …

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Early analysis suggests monkeypox vaccine is reducing risk of infection in U.S.

28.09.2022

A very preliminary analysis of data from 32 states appears to suggest that the monkeypox vaccine being used in the United States is reducing the risk of infection among vaccinated …

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‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response

27.09.2022

At the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s sexual health clinic, patients are normally seen within 24 hours. Recently, amid the monkeypox outbreak, it’s been a five-day wait. At Open Door Health, …

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‘Disaster to disaster’: Underinvestment in public health systems obstructs response to Covid, monkeypox, Walensky says

23.09.2022

For the record, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would take the job again.  “I’m a clinician, a physician at heart,” she said Friday. “And …

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Poxviruses, outbreaks, and Ebola: A Q&A with a retiring CDC expert on bad bugs

20.09.2022

In the last week of August, one of the world’s foremost poxvirus experts retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To outside eyes, the timing of Inger Damon’s …

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It’s not looking good for Covid and monkeypox funding, problems ahead for PrEP, & the not-so-historic Juul settlement

08.09.2022

You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox. Republicans pan White …

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