monkeypox
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TikTok Is An Awful Source of Monkeypox Info, Study Finds
Anyone hoping to stay ahead of the next viral outbreak might want to avoid TikTok, new research suggests. The study, published Wednesday in BMJ Global Health, found that TikTok videos discussing the viral disease monkeypox, which spread widely around the world and infected tens of thousands of Americans last year, often provided inaccurate or incomplete…
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CDC Says We Probably Can’t Get Rid of Monkeypox Now
A new report from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention offers some good and bad news about the country’s ongoing monkeypox outbreak. New cases are slowing down, likely thanks to a combination of vaccination and education efforts. But it’s also likely that the virus won’t be eradicated here and will continue to circulate…
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Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, COVID-19, and HIV All at Once
A 36-year-old man in Italy appears to be uniquely unlucky, after he was hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19, monkeypox, and HIV over a span of a single week in July. Thankfully, his COVID and monkeypox co-infections did successfully clear up without issue, and he has since been placed on HIV treatment.
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Monkeypox in Australia: What You Need To Know
Monkeypox is raising alarms internationally, and with two cases reported in Australia, here’s what you need to know about it.