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Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. During a telemedia briefing Thursday, Capt. Jennifer McQuiston, deputy director of the division of high consequence pathogens and pathology at the CDC, shared the first […]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 is said to be free of both the HIV virus and cancer, following a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor for leukemia, according to a breakthrough announcement at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada. The patient was treated […]

Joseph Sohm/Getty Images, FILE (ALABANY, N.Y.) — New York state’s health commissioner declared monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health” on Thursday amid a rapid increase in cases. The declaration means that “local health departments engaged in response and prevention activities will be able to access additional State reimbursement, after other Federal and State funding […]

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With new cases of monkeypox emerging rapidly across the country, the Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the growing outbreak a public health emergency, federal health officials said on Thursday. “We continue to monitor the response throughout the country on monkeypox,” Health and Human Service Secretary […]

Mike Harrington/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the number of cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, pregnant women are now among those affected. The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant woman in the U.S. has been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s Dr. John […]