monkeypox

The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency.

Los Angeles County health officials recommended Wednesday that people at high risk for monkeypox get fully vaccinated before upcoming gay pride events.

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago. So who deserves the credit for controlling the U.S. outbreak?

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox amid concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.

San Diego County’s local health emergency for monkeypox expired Thursday as new cases have decreased significantly, a fact county public health officials attribute to outbreak response measures such as contact tracing and vaccinations.

UC San Diego will be one of several sites across the country to study the safety and efficacy of the drug tecovirimat as a potential treatment for human monkeypox, it was announced Thursday.

Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion to explore offering paid sick leave for employees who have monkeypox or are suspected of having the virus.

U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, saying that even a small mutation in the virus could render the pills ineffective.

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A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, local health officials announced Monday. It’s believed to be the first U.S. fatality from the disease.

The White House says it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states. The request comes as lawmakers are preparing to return to Washington and fund the government. It...

The student does live off campus and had limited access to campus, SDSU added that the exposure risk is low because monkeypox requires close contact for it to spread. The student is currently off campus isolating and recovering.

San Diego County announced it will hold two monkeypox vaccination events this week while also having 250 scheduled vaccination appointments at county clinics.

The OC Health Care Agency has reported it first case of the monkeypox in a child under the age of 18. An investigation into contact tracing is underway.

San Diego County is ready to distribute several hundreds of vials of the monkeypox vaccine to health care providers.

More vials of the monkeypox vaccine will be distributed to health care providers in San Diego County as part of an effort to get eligible populations protected against the virus.

Dr. Alexandra Yonts outlined how college students and their institutions can stay on top of monkeypox as the school year begins.

Managing shared spaces like showers and dorm rooms and minimizing contact with sick students will be key for colleges to fight the spread of monkeypox as students return to class. Dr. Alexandra Yonts of Children’s National Hospital joins LX News.