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Gay men are more trusting of medicine than other groups, but the incoming Trump Administration will need more than their willingness to continue combating mpox.
Torrian Baskerville, director of HIV & Health Equity at the Human Rights Campaign, tells The Advocate how groups are preparing for a potential outbreak of the new mpox strain.
Things to know about the resurgence of mpox.
So far, the federal government says that no cases of the newly-concerning strain have been reported in the United States.
The threat of a virus that causes painful lesions is back.
Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mark Pocan sent a letter to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary to learn what the administration is doing to prepare against a potentially worse mpox outbreak.
A new Government Accountability Office report highlights significant flaws in the federal handling of the mpox outbreak, emphasizing the need for a more unified public health response system to tackle future health emergencies better.
It’s now possible to get the previously scarce and complicated-to-access vaccine at one’s local pharmacy.
A year after the painful infection surfaced in the U.S., Biden administration officials are confident they can keep the virus under control with the public’s help.
Forty-two people in the U.S. have died from mpox, formerly known as monkeypox.
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld on LGBTQ+ health and his plans to protect trans and queer youth.
More than 300,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the virus, including 23 who died.
The U.S. has reported 17 deaths from the virus and almost 30,000 cases.
Scientists and health experts wanted to rename "monkeypox" to combat the homophobic and racist stigma attached to the virus.
Local health departments in four states say six people who had tested positive for the virus have died.
