Avoiding skin-to-skin contact with an infected person ... people in the community is very effective at protecting us from monkeypox, respiratory illnesses and new variants of COVID-19, Dr. Olinger ...

the US recommends avoiding direct skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox. People are also advised ot to use objects or materials that am onkeypox patient has ...

The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory Wednesday about the emergence of a new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox ... progress to "painful skin lesions," in addition ...

Here’s a fact check on mpox, including if the disease is in the U.S., if you can get it from a toilet seat and other frequently asked questions or myths.

Severe mpox and long-term sequelae such as severe scarring were more likely to occur among HIV-positive patients with detectable viral loads and low CD4 counts.

What advice would you give to media outlets covering monkeypox? AR: I think we just have to make it clear that this virus is spread most efficiently—as we understand it—by close contact, and that ...

Mpox (monkeypox) is caused by a virus related to smallpox; both are members of the orthopox virus family. Mpox typically causes a rash with sores that can appear anywhere on the body. Sometimes the ...

South Africa's National Department of Health appealed for vigilance as three new cases of monkeypox, also known as mpox, were ...

Monkeypox usually lasts between two and four ... a suspected case involves the presence in the person of an unexplained acute exanthema (skin rash), plus any of these symptoms: headache, sudden ...