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Mpox
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Mpox became a global health emergency for the second time in 2024
A Red Cross worker spraying chlorine-based disinfectant in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August…
One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protection for mpox
There is little good-quality research into smallpox vaccines’ effectiveness against mpox Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images Receiving a…
Will an experimental mRNA vaccine help fight the mpox outbreak?
Health workers attend to an mpox patient at a treatment centre in Munigi, the Democratic Republic of the…
Does mpox cause lingering symptoms like long covid?
Mpox commonly causes lesions that can blister and scar CDC/Associated Press/Alamy Mpox cases are surging in the Democratic…
Mass General Hospital develops clinical decision support tool for mpox diagnosis
Diagnosing infectious conditions can be challenging. Diagnosis is especially challenging for uncommon and emerging infectious diseases for which…
Research suggests booster doses may be necessary for monkeypox immunity
New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024)…
Unraveling the architecture of poxvirus cores
A recent re-emergence and outbreak of Mpox brought poxviruses back as a public health threat, underlining an important…