News Mpox is Almost Gone in the U.S., Leaving Lessons and Mysteries in its Wake The U.S. public health emergency declaration for mpox (monkeypox) ends today. January 31 2023 10:24 AM
Activism Rev. Steve Pieters is a Symbol of Hope for a New Generation The famous activist reflects on the AIDS epidemic, the mpox outbreak, and his journey to faith. January 16 2023 3:31 PM
News Mpox Outbreak's Emergency Status to Officially End in 2023 Due to low case numbers, the Biden administration will let the mpox emergency declaration expire in January. December 13 2022 11:54 AM
News Monkeypox Officially Renamed to Avoid Racial Stigma The change comes on the heels of complaints about racist tropes and Western stigmatization. November 29 2022 1:14 PM
Ask & Tell Ask Dr. D: Why Isn't My Monkeypox Spot Going Away? Biden's HIV & MPX czar, Demetre Daskalakis, explains what's normal post-vaccine and why certain folks should reconsider where to get the shot. November 04 2022 6:10 PM
News Monkeypox Claims First Two Victims in New York City These are the first MPV-related deaths in the nation's largest city. October 24 2022 8:00 PM
News Scientists Worry Another 'Monkey Virus' Might Affect Humans in Near Future Researchers are hoping to prevent an Ebola-like virus found in monkeys from transferring to humans. October 03 2022 2:39 PM
News This Gay Congressman Recorded Himself Getting a Monkeypox Vax Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York said this was his second shot. September 22 2022 2:07 PM
Stigma Health Officials Plan to Drop the 'Monkeypox' Name. Here's What Could Replace It The name induces stigma and confusion, doctors and researchers say. September 16 2022 3:03 PM
Sex & Dating So is Monkeypox an STD or Isn't It? The debate on whether to label MPV a "sexually transmitted disease" that affects mostly "gay and bi men" rages on. September 01 2022 1:43 PM
News Monkeypox Cases are Slowing in the U.S. But it's Unclear if Trend Will Last New research shows a decrease in the number of new daily MPV cases. But is it enough to stop the outbreak completely? August 31 2022 5:23 PM
News First U.S. Monkeypox-Related Death Reported in Texas Officials say fatal cases are extremely rare and the Texas patient was "severely immunocompromised." August 30 2022 4:10 PM
News One-Time Hookups Account for Half of MPV (Monkeypox) Cases The CDC says reducing the number of random hookups can greatly reduce one's risk of contracting MPV. August 29 2022 10:38 AM
News Monkeypox, COVID, and HIV All at Once: It Happened to This Man Doctors are observing a person diagnosed with all three viruses within a very short window of time. August 26 2022 3:20 PM
News Monkeypox: Rare in Children, But K-12 Schools Are Playing It Safe While almost all reported MPV cases have occurred in adults so far, elementary schools across the country are bracing for a bigger outbreak. August 25 2022 12:17 PM
News See How the Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Went at Charlotte Pride North Carolina health officials became the first to implement a new Health and Human Services pilot program to provide monkeypox vaccines to those at risk. August 23 2022 6:02 PM
News Dr. Fauci Will Soon Be Stepping Down as America's Doctor Fauci previously said he would retire from federal government before Biden's first term is up. Now we know when. August 22 2022 5:02 PM
News Monkeypox Recovery Requires Early Detection and Treatment Early diagnosis and treatment of MPV and other communicable infections is key, as these two very different cases prove. August 22 2022 2:16 PM
Out Traveler News linkout New Orleans's Southern Decadence Concert Canceled Over MPV Fears August 19 2022 8:08 PM
Treatment Black AIDS Institute's Grazell Howard Tackles Monkeypox Misinformation The Black AIDS Institute is raising important awareness around MPV and how the virus can easily spread. August 19 2022 5:30 PM