KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Health Department and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Saturday a single probable monkeypox case in a Kansas City, Missouri, resident with recent out-of-state travel history. “This week, one of our excellent nurses suspected one of our patients may have monkeypox virus,” said Dr. Marvia Jones,…
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This week, approval should have been secured to begin vaccinating children under the age of 5 for COVID-19. Both Pfizer and Moderna had products that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were to review. Pfizer’s shots are one-tenth of the adult dose and will be given…
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County officials found a third suspected case of monkeypox in the the San Diego region. Photo credit: County News Center San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency Friday identified another probable case of hMPXV, also known as human monkeypox. That brings the region’s total probable case count to three. All probable cases must be…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance for Americans on how they can have safe sex even if infected with monkeypox. Monkeypox is a pathogen that spreads through close personal contact with an infected person or linens they have been in contact with. The CDC says people with monkeypox can still have…
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An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a World Health Organization (WHO) letter calling for a temporary freeze on clothing imports and exports due to monkeypox. [embedded content] Verdict: False The letter is inauthentic, according to the WHO. No such recommendation or announcement has been made by the organization. Fact Check: The monkeypox virus is…
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” are seen in this illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic County health officials on Wednesday reported the first two likely cases of monkeypox in San Diego County. The Health and Human Services Agency said the cases were unrelated and involved individuals who recently traveled internationally. Both individuals are not hospitalized and doing…
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Oklahoma State Department of Health confirm the Sooner State’s first official infection of monkeypox. According to the CDC, Oklahoma is now one of 18 states with a confirmed case of the virus. OSDH would not clarify if the case was found in…
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(NEXSTAR) – Monkeypox may be the newest global outbreak concern, but the virus itself is nothing new. It was first discovered over 50 years ago in a group of captive primates – hence the name “monkeypox.” The virus has some more scientific name designations; it Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae, according to the World Health…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday. As of Friday, the U.S. had identified 45 cases in 15 states and the District of Columbia. More than 1,300 cases have been found in about 30 other countries outside the…
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified its first probable case of monkeypox and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases. OSDH said the individual is currently…
