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Tag: Monkeypox

Mpox: WHO Renames Monkeypox Citing Racial Stigma

The World Health Organization, responding to complaints that the word monkeypox conjures up racist tropes and stigmatizes patients, is recommending that the name of...

In Women and Nonbinary People, Monkeypox Cases May Have Been Missed

In the monkeypox outbreak that unspooled this summer in the United States and dozens of other countries, men who have sex with men were...

Most Hospitalized Monkeypox Patients in the U.S. Were H.I.V.-Positive

Nearly all Americans hospitalized for monkeypox infection had weakened immune systems, most often because of H.I.V. infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Three Pressing Questions About Monkeypox: Spread, Vaccination, Treatment

Monkeypox, once a relatively obscure virus endemic to Africa, has bloomed into a global threat, infecting more than 20,000 people in 75 countries and...

W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency

For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of declaring a global emergency. This time the...

Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Exceeds Supply, C.D.C. Says

“We have the capacity for testing that we need and have made it easier to access,” Dr. Walenksy said.But health officials should be doing...

As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign

Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health officials announced on Tuesday.Until...

Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox?

For a world weary of fighting the coronavirus, the monkeypox outbreak poses a key question: Am I at risk?The answer is reassuring. Most children...

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