LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The United States has confirmed a case of monkeypox on Wednesday, the first case of the rare virus identified in the country in 2022. The infection was found in an adult man in Massachusetts who recently traveled to Canada. Massachusetts health officials said...
This is the first monkeypox case identified in the U.S. this year. In 2021, both Texas and Maryland reported one case each. Health officials in the United Kingdom are on high alert withnine monkeypox caseshaving been identified this month. In the first case, the patient had recently trav...
Monkeypox is a zoonotic viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus(MPXV),and historically,all outbreaks have been linked to Africa;however,monkeypox has been posing an alarming challenge to the world in 2022(1)as approximately 60,000 cases have been reported in more than 100 nations and ...
PANAMA CITY, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Panama has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, in a 30-year-old man who is currently receiving medical attention, Minister of Health Luis Sucre announced Tuesday. The diagnosis immediately activated contact tracing to avoid the spread of the virus, Sucre sa...
The U.S. has spotted its first case of monkeypox this year in a pregnant woman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said over the weekend. The baby was delivered safely and both are "doing well." Pregnant womenare among thosethe agency warns may be "at especially increased...
Yesterday (September 6), Hong Kong authorities held a press conference to announce that the city had recorded its first case of monkeypox. The case was identified in a 30-year-old individual who arrived in the city from the Philippines, ...
The first death in Texas due to a confirmed case of Monkeypox has been confirmed. Here's what you need to know.
QUITO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's Public Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the country's first case of monkeypox, in a 30-year-old man who lives in the southwest coastal province of Guayas. The National Institute of Public Health Research carried out the tests confirming the virus ...
LISBON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese Directorate-General for Health on Friday confirmed the first monkeypox case in a woman in Portugal. The southern European country had reported 473 monkeypox cases, all in men, before the latest case were detected. The majority of the cases were repo...
In countries that have seen an endemic spread of monkeypox before 2022, the World Health Organization warns that young children have diedat higher ratesfrom the disease. During the current outbreak, a handful of countries have also spotted cases of monkeypox in children under 18 years old. ...