Update to SRC's 2022 blog: EPA Triggers Emerging Viral Pathogens Policy for Monkeypox Virus In response to the recent outbreak of over 20,000 Mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and spread of the disease to the Republic of Congo (ROC) and Central African Republic (CAR), EPA has reset the activation date for [...]
On July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent outbreak of Monkeypox virus “a public health emergency of international concern”.(1) This announcement has come following the continued worldwide spread of Monkeypox from 92 cases in 12 member countries reported in May to over 16,000 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in 75 member [...]
Many news organizations have recently released articles related to a string of Monkeypox cases in the U.S and abroad. Over the weekend, The World Health Organization announced that as of May 21st there were 92 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox virus spread over 12 member states that are not endemic for the virus. All confirmed [...]