Updated on: August 4, 2022 / 7:10 PM EDT / CBS News The Biden administration is declaring a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, which now counts more infections from the virus than any other country in the world. Health and Human Services Secretary ...
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. September 3, 2022 ...
The current monkeypox outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general on July 23, 2022. As of August 9, 2022, nearly 32 000 confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported across 82 nonendemic countries....
Monkeypox isn’t a virus most people in the United States are familiar with, so it might be unclear how to interpret this news. Should you be concerned? Are we at risk of a monkeypox outbreak? Here, infectious disease experts explain everything you need to know about the illness. What...
2 Over the past 5 years, hundreds of cases of monkeypox have been reported in Nigeria, with many cases among men, some who had genital lesions, suggesting human-to-human transmission via sexual contact.3 The 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak The current outbreak illustrates the easy human-to-human ...
August 3, 2022 Leave a comment Given the continued spread of Monkeypox internationally, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a Public Health Event of International Concern (PHEIC) on July 21st. According to PAHO, as of July 28th, 21,064 confirmed cases of Monkeypox were recorded...
Since the early days of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, Hispanic and Latino men may have beendisproportionately affected. Whiledatafrom the CDC is limited and fewer than 50% of cases include information about race/ethnicity, it indicates that there may be disp...
A case of monkeypox has beenconfirmed by health officialsin Massachusetts — the first case of the rare virus identified in the United States in 2022. Another potential case in New York City is beinginvestigated. The disease originates in animals but in rare cases can jump to humans. What ...
Monkeypox outbreak is first in United StatesMary Desmond Pinkowish
Here's what's known about the monkeypox outbreak and response: How many cases have there been this year in the U.S.? The number of infections in the U.S. has grown rapidly since thefirst casein the current outbreak was confirmed in May. The U.S. topped 10,000 cases on Aug. 10,...