Mpox global emergency not an imminent threat in US, expert says

While the World Health Organization declares mpox a global emergency based on rapid spread in African countries, the infectious disease formerly known as monkeypox has been considered an epidemic in the U.S. since 2022. Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus, chief of UConn Health’s Division of Infectious Diseases, has been keeping an eye on it, both here and overseas. “At this point there is no cause for great alarm,” Dieckhaus says. “Our local epidemic is not from the strain that led to the WHO declaration of a public health emergency of international concern. At this time, the concern in Africa is due to Read More