All that menace from one word: monkeypox. As the threat from the disease spreads, experts around the world have pledged to change its name to something that doesn't carry the weight of stigma.
that the disease will be given a scientific name based on its genome — a practice that was not adopted when monkeypox was first discovered, resulting in the inappropriate names of its subtypes.
Monkeypox, or MPOX, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Thursday after a nearly one-year-long alert for the disease that resulted in 87,000 confirmed ...
Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases were confirmed across five departments, including the ...
Monkeypox is not the same thing as shingles ... But more on that later. Another name for shingles is herpes zoster, which by the way is not the same as the sexually transmitted infection herpes ...
Here’s what you need to know. There are actually two monkeypox vaccines licensed for use in the U.S.—ACAM200 and JYNNEOS (which also go under the names Imvamune or Imvanex). They’re licensed ...
A cluster of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sparks worries of a wider outbreak. A virulent strain of the ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to suppress all distinctions between endemic and non-endemic countries regarding monkeypox, it was announced Saturday. The move seeks to facilitate ...
There are two monkeypox vaccines licensed for use in the U.S.—ACAM200 and JYNNEOS (which also go under the names Imvamune or Imvanex). They’re licensed to prevent smallpox but also work to ...
“importantly those children are doing well,” so hopefully they’ll be able to weatehr the monkeypox storm. Both children are reportedly getting TPOXX, which is the brand name for the ...
The illness was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were two outbreaks of a “pox-like” disease in research monkeys — thus the name monkeypox. The first known human infection ...
NR Daily is delivered right to you every afternoon. No charge. The evidence keeps piling up: Monkeypox is a disease that affects gay, sexually active men far more than any other group of people.