New Monkeypox Cases Plummet, but Racial Gap Remains, White House Says
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Cases of monkeypox are continuing to decline in the U.S., but the disease is still disproportionately affecting people of color, a White House official said.
"In the U.S., about 27,635 cases were reported as... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 21, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
1 in 7 Mortality Postsurgery; ECT and MDE; and Monkeypox News 1 in 7 Mortality Postsurgery; ECT and MDE; and Monkeypox News
The top 3 things you should know to start your day.3 Things to Know Today (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - October 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 3rd Meeting of the Ihr Emergency Committee - Multi-Country Outbreak of Monkeypox - 20 October 2022
[WHO] Our chair, Dr Okwo-Bele, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Online site finder for monkeypox vaccines
The NHS has launched an online vaccine site finder to make it as easy as possible for eligible people to get their monkeypox jab. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 21, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Monkeypox Presentations, Prevention Strategies Shifting Monkeypox Presentations, Prevention Strategies Shifting
Specialists say that infections in the immunocompromised and homeless populations are a growing concern. Early CDC data show that the vaccine is effective.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - October 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Monkeypox Virus Infection Resulting from an Occupational Needlestick - Florida, 2022
This report describes the first occupationally acquired monkeypox infection in a health worker in the United States. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 20, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Healthcare Workers Infection MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Needlesticks Occupational Safety Source Type: news
Ocular Monkeypox - United States, July-September 2022
This report describes five cases of ocular monkeypox identified in patients in the U.S. during 2022. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 20, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Eye and Vision Health Infection MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vision Impairment Source Type: news
Forget Covid tests, health chiefs want monkeypox swabs!
A group of 25 researchers from across the UK are set to develop tests for the virus - which will work in the same way as Covid swabs - following the nation's unprecedented monkeypox outbreak. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Monkeypox: contact tracing, UKHSA (updated 19th October 2022)
Classification of contacts and follow-up advice for non-HCID strains of monkeypox.
19 October 2022Added easy read version of category 2 contact sheet.
27 September 2022Updated contact tracing matrix. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous
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Source: ScienceNOW - October 19, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Monkeypox outbreak: epidemiological overview, UKHSA (updated 18th October 2022)
Overview of the current monkeypox outbreak in the UK.
18 October 2022Added report and data for week 42.
11 October 2022Added report and data for 11 October 2022. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doc Punished for Resident Sex; 'I Will Never Arrest a Doctor'; Monkeypox Blindness?
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Nashville physician Ira Ellis, MD, was reprimanded for having successive sexual relationships with two resident physicians under his supervision. (WZTV)
The White House released... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 19, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Monkeypox conspiracy theories spread rapidly on TikTok, says U of A researcher
New research from the University of Alberta tracked conspiracy theories about monkeypox on TikTok that made false claims about everything from vaccines to Bill Gates. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
Needlestick Leads to Monkeypox; Theranos Exec Seeks New Trial; Hearing Aids Now OTC
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The CDC detailed the first reported U.S. case of a health care worker who acquired monkeypox through a needlestick. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Research of a lab-made... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 18, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
TikTok Traffic on Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Swelled After WHO's Alert
(MedPage Today) -- On the same day in May that the WHO released a news item addressing the global monkeypox outbreak, researchers identified over 150 videos featuring conspiracy theories about the virus on TikTok, which had received nearly 1.5... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 18, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
