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Less than six months ago, mpox was an exploding health crisis. What had been an obscure disease from Africa was ripping through European and U.S. gay communities. Precious doses of an unproven vaccine were in short supply. ...
Jan 10, 2023
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The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.
Nov 28, 2022
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The global monkeypox outbreak has been receding for months, but experts warn against prematurely declaring victory because a resurgence remains possible and the virus still circulates in the African countries where it has ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Conspiracy theories about monkeypox are spreading as fast as the virus itself, mirroring the proliferation of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Oct 19, 2022
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Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in smallpox patients, although clinically less severe. With the eradication of smallpox in 1980 and subsequent ...
Oct 13, 2022
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A clinical trial to evaluate the antiviral drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, in adults and children with monkeypox has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The trial will evaluate the drug's safety and ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Dr. Emmanuel Nakoune and Dr. Piero Olliaro lead monkeypox research in the Central African Republic, where the disease is endemic. We speak to them about their experiences, challenges, and why we continue to see the same problems ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Poxviruses are many and unpleasant, and they have an impressive ability to evade or deceive human immune responses. Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source want to outsmart them.
Sep 29, 2022
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The current global outbreak of monkeypox is yet another warning for the adoption of a preventative approach to minimize the risk of future emergence of known and unknown zoonotic pathogens, argue Professors Diana Bell and ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Since May 2022, cases of monkeypox have increased globally, stirring fears of a new pandemic. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens on September 22 by Professor Souha Kanj and colleagues at the American ...
Sep 22, 2022
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