The World Health Organization says mpox is no longer a global health emergency
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles found within an infected cell , cultured in the laboratory.pox, a sometimes deadly virus that causes unsightly, painful rashes, is no longer a global health emergency, but more needs to be done to eradicate the disease, the World Health Organization said.
A PHEIC—pronounced “fake”—applies to an extraordinary event that carries a public-health risk via the international spread of a disease, and one that potentially requires a coordinated response. It can be used to encourage nations to cooperate on countermeasures. A cousin of the smallpox virus, mpox has mostly been confined to developing countries for years, but spread across Europe and the U.S. last year. There have been more than 87,000 cases and 140 deaths from 111 countries reported to WHO. The smallpox vaccine Imvanex has shown effectiveness against monkeypox.In the U.S., health officials are currently investigating a cluster of new cases in Chicago, more than half of which are in people who were previously vaccinated against the virus.
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