Monkeypox vaccines are in short supply in North Carolina, official says
State health officials are releasing more information about monkeypox cases in North Carolina.
Twenty-one cases of monkeypox have been reported in the state as of Wednesday.
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NCDHHS releases monkeypox response plan
North Carolina state officials have released a response plan
New monkeypox cases have tripled in Europe since June 15, the WHO regional chief says
The monkeypox outbreak is expanding, and Europe is at its center, says Dr. Hans Kluge.
The U.S. will offer nearly 300,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine in the coming weeks
The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.
Monkeypox outbreak in U.S. is bigger than the CDC reports. Testing is 'abysmal'
The testing system set up by the CDC actually deters doctors from ordering a monkeypox test, and many physicians aren't familiar with the disease, resulting in too few tests and little tracking.
The WHO wants to give monkeypox a new name
Scientists recently criticized the current name as "discriminatory and stigmatizing." They also say it's inaccurate to name versions of the virus after parts of Africa.
Monkeypox can look different than what doctors thought. Here's what they're learning
Symptoms that doctors were taught about in medical school are not necessarily indicative of the cases of 2022. It can be much more subtle — and look a lot like other diseases.
OPINION: Media coverage of monkeypox paints it as an African virus. That makes me mad
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a physician in Nigeria, which has seen a monkeypox outbreak over the past few years. He does not like the way the media is covering the current outbreak in Western countries.
Scientists warned us about monkeypox in 1988. Here's why they were right.
Their prediction stemmed from the eradication of smallpox. Here's what they said more than three decades ago — and how it foreshadowed events of 2022.
Monkeypox isn't like COVID-19 — and that's a good thing
Although monkeypox's recent spread has caused concern, its similarities to smallpox have given the public health world a head start on combating it.