Tag: Monkeypox

May 11, 2023

Monkeypox (mpox), an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, is no longer an international emergency following an outbreak last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. During a media briefing on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in […]

March 13, 2023

Public health crisis communications plans have the power to improve outcomes, reduce long-term healthcare costs, and save lives. These plans should convey crucial health information to impacted groups with recommendations on how and when to seek care and reduce spread. […]

November 1, 2022

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization’s highest level of alert, the UN agency’s Emergency Committee said on Tuesday. The WHO label, a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)”, is […]

October 28, 2022

When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada’s Humboldt County in August, it was the state’s first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area. Soon, cases were found in other rural counties — Nye, Lyon, and Elko […]

October 14, 2022

US BioTek Laboratories has launched Monkeypox diagnostic testing, which can deliver results within 24 hours. Using lesion swap specimen and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, the new product will identify Monkeypox, as recommended by the Centers for […]

September 8, 2022

Quest Diagnostics has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA) for its monkeypox polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. The latest move follows a declaration of monkeypox as a public health emergency by the US Department of […]

August 15, 2022

COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the way people around the world think about diseases, and it also changed the way policymakers, scientists, and health authorities respond to new outbreaks. After more than two years of fighting the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a recent […]

August 8, 2022

The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak. The virus continues to be largely transmitted among gay and bisexual men, but experts say the disease could […]

August 4, 2022

The Biden administration declared a federal public health emergency Thursday for monkeypox as virus outbreaks spread through pockets of the country. Some 6,600 cases of the virus have been reported this week compared to less than 5,000 last week, HHS […]

June 23, 2022

The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox virus tests to commercial laboratories. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said it had shipped tests to five commercial laboratory companies. The […]

June 13, 2022

A multi-country monkeypox outbreak is causing concern around the world, as more and more people get infected with the virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 23 United Nations (UN) member states, across four different regions that are not […]