MPOX

Vaccines against smallpox given until the mid-1970s offer continuing cross-reactive immunity to mpox (previously known as monkeypox), researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in a study published in the scientific journal…

Why It Matters: A resurgence is possible.In the United States, there have been more than 30,000 mpox cases over the last year, with cases declining sharply after last summer’s peak. Mpox cases have fallen off globally, too, and the World…

Bottle of Vaccine for booster shot for Smallpox and Monkeypox MPXV.Angelp | Istock | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged gay men and other individuals at high risk from mpox to get fully vaccinated…

<!-- -->Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision was prompted by falling case numbers. (File)Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking to journalists in Geneva, a day after the emergency committee which made the emergency recommendation last July, advised the Director-General to declare it over. ‘Significant challenges’ remain…

Why It Matters: The sharp decline is a victory.The W.H.O.’s declaration is an acknowledgment that the world successfully managed an international outbreak even while still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.The initial response to the…

Pharmacist Uchita Parikh prepares a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood,…

After the World Health Organization (WHO) opted to end COVID-19's designation as a global public health emergency last week, the organization declared an end to another emergency on Thursday: mpox, the painful, potentially deadly disease…

Last Updated: May 11, 2023, 20:37 ISTMore than 87,000 cases and 140 deaths have been reported from 111 countries during the global outbreak, according to a WHO count. (Representative image/Shutterstock)The WHO declared mpox was a PHEIC in…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization declared…