MONKEYPOX

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released new guidance to prevent the spread of monkeypox.

Governor Ron DeSantis said he will not declare a state of emergency against monkeypox. However, Florida has the third most cases in the nation.

The Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced the Coastal Health District’s monkeypox vaccination program was expanding.

Since shipments of the vaccine for Monkeypox arrived in Florida and Georgia, some people who need it say — they can’t find it.

The number of cases of monkeypox is growing in the United States. As of August 1, there are more than 5,000 cases in the U.S.

Chatham County, which includes the Savannah area of Georgia, received its first shipment of Jynneos, a vaccine for the prevention of the monkeypox disease, last week and will begin distributing the vaccine to specific populations on Monday.

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the United States now leads globally in the most known cases of monkeypox.

Just two days after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency, there’s growing frustration among local healthcare professionals that enough is not being done to prevent a widespread outbreak.

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After the World Health Organization declared Monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, News4JAX talked to a local infectious disease specialist to learn more about the rise of the infection.

There are currently more than 1,800 cases across the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Health officials are taking more steps to slow the spread of monkeypox. They're now making a vaccine available to more people who could be at risk.

Outbreaks are continuing to occur in many other countries outside Africa.

We are facing an unusual and unprecedented monkeypox outbreak but how worrying is it?

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is keeping tabs on a rare case of a disease known as monkeypox in the United States.