monkeypox

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.

Massachusetts health officials confirmed five new monkeypox cases in the last week. The state’s total now sits at 435. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have decreased since last week’s report. The rate of new cases has now declined in 10 of the last 11 weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has…

Massachusetts health officials confirmed seven new monkeypox cases in the last week. The state’s total now sits at 430. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 1.7% since last week’s report. The rate of new cases has now declined in nine of the last 10 weeks. The Centers for disease Control and…

Massachusetts health officials confirmed 14 new monkeypox cases in the last week. The state’s total now sits at 423. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 3.4% since last week’s report, a slight rise after eight straight weeks in which the rate of new cases declined. The Centers for disease Control and…

Massachusetts health officials confirmed 13 new monkeypox cases in the last week. The state’s total now sits at 409. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 3.3% since last week’s report. It’s the eighth straight week in which the rate of new cases declined. The Centers for disease Control and Prevention has…

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

For the second straight week, there have been 17 new monkeypox cases in Massachusetts, according to health officials. The state’s total now sits at 381. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 4.7% since last week’s report. It’s the sixth straight week in which the rate of new cases declined. The Centers…

Top Boston doctors weigh in on President Joe Biden’s statement that the pandemic is over, explain what to expect this fall and whether to worry about monkeypox cases in schools during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”

The patient is an adult employee in the district, officials confirmed.

An adult employee with Boston Public Schools has monkeypox, officials said Monday morning. The district was working to identify anyone who might have been exposed to the virus, which is very rarely deadly but can cause painful blisters. Monkeypox spreads through close physical contact, and Boston Public Schools told families that the risk of monkeypox transmission in schools remains very…

There have been 17 new cases of monkeypox in the last week in Massachusetts, according to health officials. The state’s total now sits at 364. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 4.9% since last week’s report. It’s the fifth straight week in which the rate of new cases declined. The Centers…

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.

Massachusetts health officials have announced 30 more monkeypox cases in the last week, bringing the state’s total to 347. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Cases have increased about 9.5% since last week’s report. It’s the fourth straight week in which the rate of new cases declined. The department noted that 21,274 U.S. cases have…

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

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...

Massachusetts health officials have announced 37 more monkeypox cases in the last week, bringing the state’s total to 317. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides monkeypox updates on Thursdays. Last week’s report also brought 37 new cases. With an increase of about 13.2%, it’s the third straight week in which the rate of new cases declined. The department noted…

After two-and-a-half years of the coronavirus pandemic and all its educational disruption, many parents are now worried that monkeypox could pose problems for their children. The good news is that the rising tide of monkeypox cases has been declining in Massachusetts over the last two weeks. Health officials announced 37 more cases on Thursday, bringing the state’s total case count…