Mpox outbreak

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US monkeypox cases top 600 in 34 states | CIDRAP (umn.edu)

 

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CDC's monkeypox case count passes 1,000: Here's what you need to know | Live Science

 

[Pennywise]

World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global emergency

 

[squeekness]

World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global emergency

That's not good.

 

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Monkeypox: WHO declares highest alert over outbreak - BBC News

 

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Monkeypox emergency could last months, with window closing to stop spread, experts say | Reuters

 

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Spain reports first monkeypox-related death in Europe | Reuters

 

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Monkeypox: First deaths outside Africa in Brazil and Spain - BBC News

 

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Monkeypox Outbreak: California Declares State Of Emergency – Deadline

 

[Lily Adler]

Pain, Fear, Stigma: What People Who Survived Monkeypox Want You to Know

 

[squeekness]

CNN said the US had its first monkeypox death in Texas yesterday.

 

[Teelie]

It was someone severely immunocompromised though so they put a big asterisk next to it.

 

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1st confirmed monkeypox fatality reported in the US | Live Science

 

[Lily Adler]

1st confirmed monkeypox fatality reported in the US | Live Science

Is Texas trying to downplay the severity of monkeypox like COVID?

 

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Is Texas trying to downplay the severity of monkeypox like COVID?

It wouldn't surprise me.

 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/who-convene-emergency-committee-mpox-outbreak-congo-2024-08-07/

 

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Africa Declares Emergency over Mpox Outbreak, Records 15,000 Cases, 461 Deaths – THISDAYLIVE

www.thisdaylive.com

 

[blueharvest]

Mpox map shows US states with virus in wastewater as outbreak hits Africa

Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa as a deadlier strain of the virus spreads across the continent.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Pennywise]

WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations...

www.who.int

 

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One case of mpox clade 1 reported in Sweden - The Public Health Agency of Sweden

A person who sought care at Region Stockholm has been diagnosed with mpox caused by the clade 1 variant. It is the first case caused by clade 1 to be diagnosed outside the African continent.

www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se

 

[blueharvest]

Mpox: map reveals "multiple outbreaks" as global health emergency declared

Over 500 deaths have been reported this year so far as a new, more deadly strain has begun to circulate.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant

The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox

www.theguardian.com

 

[Teelie]

Probably should rename the thread to mpox as that's the name the WHO, CDC, etc are using now. It's not even a monkey originated disease, it just had the misfortune to be identified that way.

 

[nachtschicht]

Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa

I do hope we've all learned that the wait and see approach is no good and order more soon, though.

 

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/new-mpox-strain-is-changing-fast-african-scientists-are-working-blindly-respond-2024-08-27/