Many of the problems in the mpox response were due to a deflated and exhausted public health workforce across the country.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.
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Takeda says it voluntarily withdrew its dengue vaccine application because of issues with data collection that can't be resolved quickly.
A UNICEF/WHO report highlights gender inequalities related to public health issues with household drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The review found that unlike earlier events, most patients in the current outbreak didn't have fever before blisters developed.
An adult in Montezuma County, Colorado, has been infected with plague bacteria, likely on private property.
Amid the global decline, Israel reported its first mpox case of 2023.
A recent cluster of 40 cases in Chicago suggests that vaccine protection may wane over time, but vaccinated patients do well recovering at home.
For those who got sick, vaccinated patients had fewer symptoms and none required hospitalization.
With record dengue cases already this year, Peru is bracing for more heavy rains in the months ahead from the El Nino weather pattern.
In US developments, cases remain low, though Minnesota reported its first infections of 2023.
Scientists used artificial intelligence to diagnose mpox using photos of skin lesions with an accuracy up to 99.5%.