monkeypox

As summer approaches and Pride celebrations gear up next month, San Francisco public health officials are encouraging residents to receive both doses of the mpox vaccine.

The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency.

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago. So who deserves the credit for controlling the U.S. outbreak?

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox amid concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.

As of Monday, San Francisco is no longer in a state of emergency due to monkeypox, according to the Department of Public Health.

San Francisco will end its public health emergency for monkeypox on Oct. 31, its Department of Public Health announced Thursday.

Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.

The CDC has launched a new monkeypox vaccine equity pilot program, setting aside 50,000 doses for people who aren’t able to access traditional clinics set up by local health departments. Bob Redell reports.

U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, saying that even a small mutation in the virus could render the pills ineffective.

A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, local health officials announced Monday. It’s believed to be the first U.S. fatality from the disease.

State officials approved more than $41 million this week for monkeypox testing and treatment after state legislators representing San Francisco urged for its inclusion in the state budget.

The White House says it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus.

Contra Costa County expanded eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine Tuesday to all LGBTQ men, not just those who may have been exposed to the virus.

Dr. Monica Gandhi, a UCSF infectious disease expert, joins Raj Mathai to discuss the latest on the monkeypox outbreak.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states. The request comes as lawmakers are preparing to return to Washington and fund the government. It...

A monkeypox vaccine distribution clinic will take place in Oakland Friday and Saturday ahead of the city’s Pride parade.

A monkeypox vaccine distribution will take place in Oakland at City of Refuge United Church of Christ starting Friday at 11 a.m. ahead of the city’s Pride parade this weekend.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla joined health experts in a tour of the monkeypox vaccine clinic in San Francisco and to address the urgent need for more doses.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla joined health experts in a tour of the monkeypox vaccine clinic in San Francisco and to address the urgent need for more doses. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

A new drug trial is underway and creating buzz, as a team from Oxford who led a key COVID trial conducts research that some believe could net game-changing results in monkeypox treatment. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.