Closely related to monkeypox, Alaskapox is mostly carried by small mammals including red-backed voles. Since 2015, at least seven confirmed cases of the virus have been reported to the state's ...

The monkeypox virus is related to the smallpox virus. And while its typically less severe and infectious, according to the county’s public health department, it can cause serious illness.

Digitally-colorized electron microscopic (EM) image depicting a monkeypox virion (virus particle), obtained from a clinical sample associated with a 2003 prairie dog outbreak, published June 6, 2022.

The virus is not related to chickenpox, says the CDC. Monkeypox was discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease showed up in monkeys kept for research.

The virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, which is how it got its name, but scientists think rodents are the main carriers of monkeypox in the wild.

Thankfully, we now have the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine to protect little ones from the virus. Your child will need to get the varicella vaccine starting at 12 to 15 months old.

An older smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000, can also be used, but it has significant side effects. ... ACAM2000, can also be used to prevent monkeypox, which is in the same virus family.

More than 28,000 cases of monkeypox have been diagnosed since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began tracking an international outbreak of the virus in June. People who contract ...

The virus naming process, established in 2015, seeks to “minimize unnecessary negative impact of disease names on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare, and avoid causing offense to any ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 56-year-old male who never had the chicken pox. When the first of my children was born, I had blood tests done to see if I’d ever been exposed.