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Health Experts on Twitter Overwhelmingly Exaggerated Risk of Kids Getting Monkeypox: Study

During last summer’s monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, medical professionals on Twitter were four times more likely to exaggerate the risk of the viral disease spreading among children than share accurate information, a new study suggests. Mpox is spread through intimate skin contact, including sex, kissing, and sharing bedding or clothing. Data from the United States and…


Run for Your Lives: It’s the Bird Flu

Commentary So many people made bank (both power and money) on the last pandemic, they are already preparing for a new one. The bit about Monkeypox (remember that health emergency only a year ago?) didn’t really go well, so they are reverting again to the fear of infectious disease, this time the old standby H5N1,…


Study Finds Severe Monkeypox Disease Mostly in Men With Advanced HIV

An especially severe form of monkeypox has been found by researchers to have a higher risk of severe complications and death among men with advanced HIV or AIDS, according to a study published in The Lancet. According to the research team, monkeypox, or mpox, has had a considerable impact on men who have HIV and…


Robert Kadlec’s 20-Year Plot

Commentary When it comes to the business of vaccines and biosecurity, the land of free enterprise is all up for large-scale state intervention to create and prop up markets. Some of the generals behind the biosecurity “Manhattan Project” believe the War on Microbes is too important to leave to politicians or Adam Smith’s invisible hand. In…


Biden Administration to End Monkeypox Emergency Declaration

The Biden administration announced on Friday it expects to end the public health emergency on monkeypox, also referred to as mpox, citing a low number of cases. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said that because of the low number of cases, HHS “does not expect that it needs to renew…


Monkeypox Hits Two Florida Counties Hardest, Data Show

Two Florida counties have been hardest hit by monkeypox, data shows. Since Jan. 1, data from the Florida Department of Health shows that 43 of Florida’s 67 counties have reported cases of monkeypox. While the majority of Florida’s counties have either reported relatively few cases (37) or no cases at all (24), Miami-Dade and Broward…


Biden Admin Renews Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Biden administration on Wednesday renewed the public health emergency determination for monkeypox. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said in a statement that his decision to renew the public health emergency was “a result of the continued consequences of an outbreak of monkeypox cases across…


CDC Expects US Monkeypox Cases to Decline or Plateau Over Next 4 Weeks

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it has “moderate confidence” that daily monkeypox cases in the United States will plateau or decline in the coming weeks but an increase is possible. In its third technical report on the monkeypox outbreak, the CDC said cases likely peaked in August and that…


Uber Offering Free Rides to Monkeypox Vaccination Sites

LOS ANGELES—Uber is partnering with a statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization to provide free rides to monkeypox vaccination sites throughout California, officials announced Sept. 20. “As vaccines are becoming increasingly available across our state, it’s critical to ensure transportation is not neglected,” said Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California. “We are immensely grateful for…


Chinese Official Urges People Not to Touch Foreigners to Prevent Monkeypox Infection

A top Chinese health official urged people to avoid physical contact with foreigners to prevent contracting the monkeypox virus after China confirmed its first case on Sept. 16. Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, urged people to avoid “skin-to-skin contact” with individuals who had traveled overseas within the…