All posts tagged "Monkeypox"

Two days after Kevin Kwong flew home to California from New York, his hands itched so badly, the pain jolted him from sleep. He thought the problem was eczema. “Everything started rapidly getting worse,” the Emeryville, California, resident said. “I started to get more spots, on my face, more redness and they started leaking fluid. The rash expanded to my elbows and my hands and my ankles.” It took Kwong, 33, six virtual appointments with doctors and nurses, one call to a nurse hotline, a trip to an urgent care clinic, two emergency room visits, and two incorrect diagnoses before an infectious......

Washington (AFP) - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the United States, with investigations now suggesting spread inside the country. Sixteen of the first 17 cases were among people who identify as men who have sex with men, according to a new CDC report, and 14 were thought to be travel associated. All patients are in recovery or have recovered, and no cases have been fatal. "There have also been some cases in the United States that we know are linked to known cases," Jennifer McQuiston,......

Spain was investigating a cluster of monkeypox infections on Saturday, while several other countries recorded first cases of the disease including Switzerland and Israel. Spanish authorities are investigating whether parties on the tourist island of Gran Canaria have been the source of several monkeypox infections, El País daily reported on Saturday, citing healthcare sector sources. Around 80,000 people from Spain and other countries attended the Maspalomas Gay Pride festival that took place on May 5-15, the newspaper wrote. Men from Madrid, Italy and the neighbouring island of Tenerife who h......

Authorities in Australia, France and Germany confirmed their first cases of monkeypox on Friday as the normally rare disease continues to crop up in a growing number of countries around the globe. The Australian state of Victoria recorded its first case of monkeypox, in a man his 30s who had recently returned from Britain. Earlier on Friday, neighbouring New South Wales' health authorities said they had identified another "probable" case of monkeypox, in a man in his 40s who had recently returned to Sydney from Europe. A case was also detected in the German city of Munich for the first time si......