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Topic: Mpox

Donald Trump and the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO). (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Withdrawing from WHO puts US at risk

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Dr. Gaurav Shinde gives a patient her vaccinations for COVID and her flu shot at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance, California on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

La. DOH bans vaccine promotion

Griffin Eckstein
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displaced community members arrive at a health center in Kishinji, located in the South Kivu province. (Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images)

Frontline mpox responders need support

Ben Smilowitz, Ankush Bansal - Undark
Health workers prepare an isolation ward for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on August 20, 2024. (ABDUL MAJEED/AFP via Getty Images)

Deadly mpox strain detected in Thailand

Matthew Rozsa
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Health workers monitor Mpox patients at the Mpox treatment centre of the Nyiragongo general reference hospital, north of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 16, 2024. (GUERCHOM NDEBO / Contributor (Getty Images))

Mpox outbreak is a health equity problem

Nicole Karlis
A registered nurse prepares to administer an intradermal monkeypox vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected

Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter, Jean Nachega - The Conversation
Sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO lists pandemic potential pathogens

Matthew Rozsa
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to a patient for the prevention of mpox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox mutating to become more contagious

Nicole Karlis
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A northern red-backed vole is seen in this undated photo. Small mammals, especially northern red-backed voles, have been found to be infected with Alaskapox, a disease that was not identified until 2015. (Photo by Jim Dau/Provided by Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

First confirmed Alaskapox death reported

Matthew Rozsa
Swetlana Rot prepares water samples in a laboratory of the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Environmental Protection in Halle/Saale. The scientists here examine wastewater for the coronavirus pathogen. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COVID wastewater data is being distorted

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Monkeypox gets a rebrand as mpox

Troy Farah
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