monkeypox

Santa Cruz County public health officials announced Wednesday that the county’s first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a local resident.

Santa Cruz County public health officials announced Wednesday that the county’s first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a local resident.

U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.

The U.S. will deploy nearly 300,000 monkeypox vaccine doses in the coming weeks in an effort to stamp out the growing outbreak of the virus.

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

Santa Clara County is investigating its first suspected case of monkeypox, health officials said Thursday. Ian Cull reports.

Santa Clara County officials said they are investigating its first suspected case of monkeypox. Raj Mathai speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF on this.

Santa Clara County is investigating its first suspected case of monkeypox, health officials said Thursday.

WHO is convening an emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, a decision that comes only after the disease spilled into the West

The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S.

The CDC has confirmed 100 monkeypox cases in 20 states and the District of Columbia in the last month, making it the country’s largest monkeypox outbreak ever.

The World Health Organization announced an urgent move to rename the virus after a group of scientists argued that it is “inaccurate” and “stigmatizing.”

San Francisco is still running tests to verify three new monkeypox infections, but if confirmed, it’ll bring the total number of cases in the Bay Area to five.

Three new probable cases of monkeypox were reported in San Francisco Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the city to four.

Three more probable cases of monkeypox have been identified in San Francisco residents, the department of public health said Thursday.

Another suspected case of monkeypox in the Bay Area was announced Thursday by health officials. Robert Handa reports.

The second presumptive case of monkeypox in Los Angeles County was reported Wednesday by the county’s health department a week after the first case was reported.

The CDC is raising its alert level for monkeypox to level two, all at an abundance of caution.

The CDC is raising its alert level for monkeypox to level two, all at an abundance of caution. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Bavarian Nordic also holds 1 million U.S.-owned doses and can fill another 16.4 million shots upon request by the federal government.