Before this outbreak, monkeypox was largely restricted to Africa and no one had died outside hotspots. The few cases seen elsewhere were tracked back to travel to the disease’s natural home and contained with small scale quarantines. However, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that transmission rates were slowing in the US and... Read more
The World Health Organization on July 23, declared monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern”. Ever since the first case of the disease was reported, more than 50, 000 cases have been recorded worldwide as per the figures of WHO. Although the transmission is not increasing with a rapid speed in the virus hotspots... Read more
A Boone County resident has tested positive for monkeypox, marking the first confirmed case of the viral disease in the county, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. Health department protocol calls for working with the infected individual to identify close contacts and provide them education and vaccination, the city said in a news... Read more
A dog living with two men in France who were infected with the virus began exhibiting symptoms 12 days after they did, according to The Lancet. The 4-year-old male Italian greyhound, which had no previous medical disorders, tested positive after showing symptoms such as lesions and pustules on its abdomen. “Infected animals can spread Monkeypox... Read more
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adding yet another wrinkle to the monkeypox outbreak, a new case study suggests that people can pass the virus on to their pet dogs. Therefore, people who are infected with the virus should avoid close contact with their pets, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control now advises in... Read more
After two years of COVID-19, the conversation around monkeypox testing gives off an unnerving sense of deja-vu. The similarities are right there: painful swabs, the struggle to even find a test, bottlenecks, and a long wait for results. But the diseases are different enough that experience with COVID-19 didn’t give researchers much of a leg... Read more
Newsom, a Democrat running for re-election in November, said he will continue a tax credit program that would give $1.65 billion — or $330 million a year — to TV and film productions through 2030, according to reports. “As other states roll back people’s rights, California will continue to protect fundamental freedoms for all and... Read more
(STACKER) – Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in Ohio using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and vaccination data from Covid Act Now. Counties are ranked by the highest infection rate per 100,000 residents within the week leading up to August 2, 2022. Cumulative... Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) urged producers to shoot films in the state instead of others that have passed anti-abortion laws, promising tax credits to those that move. Newsom said in a tweet on Wednesday that he is launching an ad to push the film industry to choose to protect their workers instead of supporting... Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a letter in Variety Magazine directed at Hollywood studio executives, said states like Georgia have legislatures waging “a cruel assault on essential rights” in contrast to California, “a freedom state.” California, where most creative Hollywood executives still reside, has seen a huge amount of TV and film business in the... Read more
