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Monkeypox: WHO, Africa’s CDC declare mpox a public health emergency. | Vox

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A new and deadlier version of mpox is spreading internationally. In recent months, cases and deaths were being detected only in parts of central and east Africa, but on Thursday, Sweden confirmed its first case. The announcement comes just one day after the World Health Organization declared mpox an international public health emergency for the second time in two years. The risk to the general public in the US is “very low,” the Department of Health and Human Services stated in the wake of the World Health Organization’s announcement. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is an infectious disease closely related to but much less severe than smallpox, and is suspected to originate in African rodents and non-human primates. Mpox spreads through close contact with an infected person, including from sexual and skin-to-skin-contact. Pregnant people can also pass the virus to their child during pregnancy and after birth. The most common symptom of mpox is a blister-like rash that typically la

Future Perfect Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again. A first case outside of the continent has been detected in Sweden. What’s next? by Jess Craig Updated Aug 15, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC A patient with mpox in 1997 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. CDC/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Jess Craig was a Future Perfect fellow covering global public health, science, and environment. Previously, she worked as an infectious diseases epidemiologist and global health security adviser supporting various US government ag

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