Mpox: America reports first case of new form of rare disease

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Source: The Independent

Saturday 16 November 2024 18:41 GMT


US Health officials have confirmed the first case of a new form of mpox. The infected person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in Northern California upon return, according to the California Department of Public Health. Symptoms are improving and the risk to the public is low.

Mpox is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus that’s in the same family as the one that causes smallpox. It is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals.

Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of mpox in Africa that was spread through close contact including through sex. It was first seen in eastern Congo. The new variant, known as Clade 1b, is mutating rapidly and proving difficult to control, scientists say. It appears to spread more easily, and was therefore declared as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization in Africa on August 15.

More than 3,100 confirmed cases have been reported just since late September, according to the World Health Organization. The vast majority of them have been in three African countries — Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/how-does-mpox-spread-america-b2648387.html

[msongs]

1. RFK JR disease

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Don't you feel great knowing that RFK,Jr. will be directing our national medical response?

In just 2 months.....I wonder if there is a betting pool on how many more Americans will die under the 2nd Trump administration? I think we can expect 5X the Covid results......and, maybe this is purposeful?

[Traildogbob]

3. Damn terrifying

First thought you were gonna say it was MAGAPox.
Maybe the next one will just end everyone NOT taking a vax. And MTG will be the first one gone, as she brags about not being a vax sucker.

[LisaL]

4. Don't worry, people.

RFKjr will ban research into infectious diseases. Which obviously means the infectious diseases will all just magically dissapear.

[riversedge]

5. " two doses of the vaccine or a previous infection should protect against severe illness from clade I."

U.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpox
The U.S. is the sixth country outside of Africa to confirm a case of the strain, called clade I, since August.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-first-mpox-case-aggressive-strain-rcna167403



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Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral infection that causes painful lesions, often accompanied by flu-like symptoms. It is classified into two distinct groups: the more aggressive strain, clade I, and a somewhat milder strain, clade II.

Clade II was behind the global outbreak in 2022, which resulted in at least 32,000 infections and 58 deaths in the U.S. ...............



Additionally, the country has an adequate supply of the two-dose Jynneos vaccine, which is available to men who have sex with men and other high-risk groups. The Department of Health and Human Service says two doses of the vaccine or a previous infection should protect against severe illness from clade I.

The U.S. administered around 1.2 million vaccine doses from May 2022 to January 2023. Health officials hope to expand that coverage, since just 23% of the population at significant risk has been fully vaccinated.

Mpox typically starts with a rash that progresses to small bumps on the skin, followed by fluid-filled blisters that eventually scab over. People may also experience a fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, low energy or swollen lymph nodes.

Some people infected by clade II in the U.S. have described the lesions as exceedingly painful. They have historically appeared on the face, chest, palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, but during the 2022 outbreak, people developed lesions around the genital and anal region or inside the mouth and throat.

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[Attilatheblond]

6. *!)#*&#+! Trump hasn't been certifited or sworn in yet and bad BAD bugs are loose in the US

That man is some sort of national health jinx. Bird flu found in a human in Oregon and now MPox brought in?

And the nut case he wants to head up HHS is an AIDS virus denier https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-poppers] who doesn't like vaccines for other diseases? What fun we have ahead.

[republianmushroom]

7. Just in time for JFK jr.

No swat jr. will handle it. In a pigs arse he will.

[bdamomma]

13. correction

RFK Jr.

[republianmushroom]

15. Thank you

[Figarosmom]

8. Great just when trump

Can mishandling another virus.

Covid started here by someone coming back to the states while sick and spreading it to some on the plane and airport, fast food place etc.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. No problem

Just like COVID Mpox will disappear in about fourteen days.

[Montauk6]

10. Will Trump call this the "Africa Virus"?

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Another Trump administration getting ready to take over

And another pandemic getting ready to take over.

Mother nature is telling these Trump humpers something but no one's listening.

[Chi67]

12. It's not good

I got the original version a few years ago. It’s bad. Really bad. I have had COVID once. I would have rather gotten COVID 10 times than this. I’m not exaggerating, that’s how bad mpox is.

[bdamomma]

14. Is there

a vaccine for this??? Get it now if there is.

[Chi67]

16. There is

And there was when I got the disease. I didn't think I was at risk at all. I was wrong, and I still don't know how I got it.

[bdamomma]

17. The felon

the con of death and chaos.