ALLMedicine™ Monkeypox Center

Dec 2nd, 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the conduct of community-based and community-engaged research. Prior to the pandemic, our community-based participatory research partnership was testing ChiCAS, an in-person, group-level behavioral int...

Dec 2nd, 2022 - Recent advances in treatment and prevention of HIV warrant updated recommendations to guide optimal practice. Based on a critical evaluation of new data, to provide clinicians with recommendations on use of antiretroviral drugs for the treatment a...

Dec 1st, 2022 - Since May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox in non-endemic countries has become a potential public health threat. The objective of this rapid review was to examine the risk profile and modes of transmission of monkeypox. PubMed, Web of Science, and S...

Dec 1st, 2022 - These monkeypox researchers warned that the disease would go global.|2022|Adepoju P,|

Dec 1st, 2022 - Daily briefing: Mpox - a new name for monkeypox.|2022|Graham F,|

Nov 28th, 2022 - Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monk...

Oct 26th, 2022 - While the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is ongoing, monkeypox has been rapidly spreading in non-endemic countries since May 2022. Accurate and rapid laboratory tests are essential for identifying and controlling monkeypox. Korean Society for L...

Oct 12th, 2022 - On 29 April, a person in Nigeria developed an unusual rash and then travelled to the United Kingdom —carrying monkeypox with them. Since then, the virus has reached more than 70,000 people in over 100 countries. That has surprised health-care sp...

Sep 22nd, 2022 - The reemergence of polio, as monkeypox soared and COVID-19 continues its devastation, has laid bare the magnitude of communicable disease threats and humankind’s vulnerability. COVID-19 has caused 15 million deaths worldwide through last year and ...

Sep 15th, 2022 - Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the name of the virus and the disease to be changed to something “non-discriminatory” and “non-stigmatizing.” Public health experts have worried that stigma...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monk...

Oct 14th, 2022 - This study is a Phase 2 randomized, open-label, non-placebo controlled, multi-site clinical trial that will evaluate two intradermal (ID) regimens for Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine compared to the standard subcutaneous ...

Oct 12th, 2022 - On 29 April, a person in Nigeria developed an unusual rash and then travelled to the United Kingdom —carrying monkeypox with them. Since then, the virus has reached more than 70,000 people in over 100 countries. That has surprised health-care sp...

Oct 10th, 2022 - Starting in early May 2022 a large number of cases of Monkeypox have been reported in non-endemic countries. Although initial cases appeared to be linked to travel, the majority of subsequent cases appear to have no travel associated risk factors ...

Oct 5th, 2022 - MonkeyPox Virus Infectious Disease (MPXVID) is a viral infection caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) which is an orthopoxvirus that is endemic in countries in West and Central Africa. The clinical course of the MPXVID is similar to smallpox (vari...

Dec 1st, 2022 - (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration is preparing an end to its public health emergency declaration for mpox, Politico reported on Wednesday, adding that a final decision had yet to be made. Health officials are likely to issue a 60-day...

Dec 1st, 2022 - A new mathematical model can guide public health policy makers on the most efficient way to use a limited supply of vaccines against monkeypox, data indicate. Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canad...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Monkeypox has been renamed mpox in order reduce stigmatization and racism associated with the name, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. While the process of changing the name of a virus would normally take a couple of years, the process...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monk...

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Also note that Morning Break will be taking its own break Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Look for it again on Monday, November 28. The anti-vax film "Died Suddenly," which claims C...