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90 Percent of Mpox-Related Deaths Were Black Men With Weakened Immune Systems: CDC

Forty-two people in the U.S. have died from mpox, formerly known as monkeypox.

U.S. steps up response to more deadly mpox outbreak
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U.S. steps up response to more deadly mpox outbreak

Senior administration officials discussed what the U.S. is doing to curb the spread of the virus.

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Monkeypox: First U.S. Death Confirmed

(CNN) A person in Harris County, Texas, who had monkeypox died last month, but the virus' role in that death has not been confirmed.

CDC Warns New Monkeypox Outbreak
Health

CDC warns of new mpox outbreak, urges vaccination

People at high risk, including gay and bisexual men, should get vaccinated, the agency advises.

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Health officials say risk of more fatal mpox outbreak remains ‘very low’ despite public health emergency

So far, the federal government says that no cases of the newly-concerning strain have been reported in the United States.

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Monkeypox Emergency Declaration to End in January, Biden Admin Says

The U.S. has reported 17 deaths from the virus and almost 30,000 cases.

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Health

California confirms first case of even more deadly mpox strain

The World Health Organization issued a global health emergency over the spread of the new, more lethal clade I mpox strain.

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Health

As new mpox strain spreads globally, activists push health officials to avoid past mistakes (exclusive)

Torrian Baskerville, director of HIV & Health Equity at the Human Rights Campaign, tells The Advocate how groups are preparing for a potential outbreak of the new mpox strain.

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Health

Experts Try to Understand Rare Cases of Monkeypox Deaths

(CNN) Out of the more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally since January, only a small number have been deadly. But what causes MPV to be fatal?

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Voices

5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Pride Month from Adm. Rachel Levine

"I’m urging all of us to use this Pride Month to assess our health and take the right steps to protect ourselves," she writes.

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Health

Six Monkeypox Patients Have Died

Local health departments in four states say six people who had tested positive for the virus have died.

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San Francisco is fighting opioid overdoses by giving out Narcan at drag shows — and this queen started it

"I realized that my community was not getting the information they needed about how to reverse an overdose," KochinaRude tells The Advocate.

HHS officials celebrate CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up for science in blistering resignation
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Health officials and experts praise CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up in blistering resignation

One HHS official called him a "public health martial artist."

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Politics

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”