The World Health Organization nixed the name “monkeypox.” The virus is spread by rodents and small mammals. And there’s a stigma factor. Mpox took its place. Why has the U.S. returned to “monkeypox”?
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Whatever happened to mpox? Is it still a threat?
The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a “public health emergency of continental concern.” What’s the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, “We’re flying blind.”
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Why one doctor says we’re ‘walking blind’ in the mpox emergency
A year ago, on August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Why are health experts so frustrated by the world’s response?
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Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn’t really good after all
The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that’s because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.
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A more severe strain of mpox has been detected in the U.S. for the first time
The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.
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The end of smallpox was … the beginning for mpox
Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here’s the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.
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Biden pledges mpox aid to Africa in his valedictory speech to the United Nations
President Biden talked about the sweeping changes he has seen during his long career, urged an end to wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and said “some things are more important than staying in power.”
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First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa’s outbreak. What took so long?
Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday.
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Alarmed by mpox surge, Africa CDC is poised to declare a ‘continental emergency’
This would be the first ever emergency declaration for the African continent. What’s the reason for this sense of urgency?
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Mpox did not fade away. Africa faces two alarming outbreaks — and lacks vaccines
The Global North has moved on from the mpox scare of 2022. The Global South is seeing outbreaks — and lacks the tools to address stem the virus.
