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The U.S. will buy $26 million worth of SIGA Technologies Inc.’s IV version of the antiviral drug TPOXX to help with the monkeypox outbreak across the country, the company announced Tuesday.

The public health emergency declaration doesn't open up a path to easier prescribing through an emergency use authorization.

The FDA said that instead of a standard  subcutaneous injection, the new regimen will be given just under the skin (intradermally) at one-fifth the usual dose.

Climate hazards – such as flooding, heat waves, and drought – have deepened the effects of more than half of the known infectious diseases in humans, including anthrax, cholera, and malaria, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.

Is your laundry a way to spread monkeypox? Keeping your laundry clean is good for your health and might be especially important if you or someone close to you has monkeypox. Read on for expert advice on how to keep your laundry monkeypox-free.

New York state health officials issued a more urgent call on Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of “potential community spread” of the debilitating virus.

Scientific skepticism is a global phenomenon. Social psychology researchers sought to find out why and what we can do about it.

Experts cautioned that much work remains. But they also described new findings as an "exciting" development against a major killer of children in developing countries.

The White House has declared monkeypox a national emergency Thursday and says Jynneos vaccine, used to treat monkeypox, will be administered through intradermal injections.

President Joe Biden announced a response team for the monkeypox outbreak on Tuesday, with top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the CDC serving as the White House coordinators.

A walking crab and a swimming cylinder are among the newest developments in mini robotics, a field pursuing tiny machines that could someday perform medical jobs.

The monkeypox outbreak has led officials in states and cities to declare public health emergencies.

An adhesive wearable has provided steady, targeted ultrasound images for 2 days, potentially changing how we monitor and diagnose.

A potentially deadly bacteria has been found in U.S. soil and water samples for the first time, according to a new alert from the CDC.

Fauci Urges Fight Against Stigma of Monkeypox July 27, 2022 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci remembers the anti-gay stigma that dominated mainstream response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.And now he’s urging leaders to battle similar homophobia around the current monkeypox outbreak.Most of the monkeypox cases in the United States have been between men who have sex with other men.The country must “get rid of anything that even smacks a little bit of stigma” regarding the virus, Fauci told NPR’s “All Things Considered.”Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, was a leader in the fight against HIV and

The U.S. has one of the highest levels of reported monkeypox cases in the world, according to the latest CDC data.

Latest top hospitals list includes new cancer surgery and health equity measures.

Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S. according to federal health officials.

The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.

A Medscape poll reveals that they want patients to understand how many challenges they have, as well as how much work they do to take care of patients.

On social media, people are saying Helen Keller was a fraud. Experts said the conspiracy theory shows how little many know about deaf-blindness.

Investigators are now working to determine specifically how the infection happened and whether others were exposed, while health officials have scheduled polio vaccination clinics for Friday and Monday in New York.

As the number of monkeypox cases keeps growing, a discussion has opened on whether it should be considered a sexually transmitted disease (STD) like herpes, gonorrhea, or HIV.

Following the high-profile infant formula shortage and recent rulings on e-cigarettes, the FDA will begin a comprehensive review of its food and tobacco programs.

Health care providers should warn patients about how the heat or sun can affect your body’s response to medications.