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Bulacan logs 2 mpox cases
Health officials in Bulacan yesterday reported two confirmed mpox cases in San Jose del Monte City. The city health office said both patients contracted the Clade II strain, a less severe variant of ...
Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fernando has ordered city and municipal mayors, as well as barangay captains, to prepare temporary treatment and monitoring facilities ...
Where is mpox a concern right now? The World Health Organization has deemed this clade, or variant, of mpox the latest global health emergency.The majority of these mpox Clade I cases have been ...
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Is mpox an emergency in the U.S.? Not currently. The Biden administration declared the virus a public health emergency in August 2022, following criticism over the government's lack of response.
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Congo alone has reported 15,600 mpox cases and 537 deaths, most of them among children under 15, indicating that the nature of the disease and its mode of spread may have changed. Here’s what to ...
BULACAN — Two cases of mpox disease have been confirmed in the city of San Jose del Monte, the city health office reported on Friday. The report was also confirmed by the provincial government ...