Zoonotic Infections News

In a first, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, decided on his own to declare the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

A study of more than 500 monkeypox cases in 16 countries identified some symptoms not recognized in current medical definitions, including single genital lesions and sores on the mouth or anus.

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Massachusetts General Hospital developed a toolkit that can help identify and respond to potential monkeypox exposures among health care personnel, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

All five of the commercial labs named by HHS have begun monkeypox testing in the United States amid a growing outbreak.

Mayo Clinic Laboratories on Monday became the second commercial laboratory in the U.S. to begin monkeypox testing as part of an effort to increase testing capacity and access.

Monkeypox testing capacity in the United States will double, the CDC announced Wednesday.

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WHO said it is working with experts to rename monkeypox and its two clades.

New genetic sequencing data indicate there are at least two separate monkeypox outbreaks underway outside of Africa, the CDC said Friday.