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An ER doctor says he’s sick of seeing monkeypox patients misdiagnosed, only to end up in the hospital in excruciating pain

Dr. Graham Walker, an emergency physician, treats monkeypox patients in San Francisco. Courtesy of Graham Walker Experts in...

How monkeypox transmits from person to person, and how to prevent infection

Monkeypox has been confirmed in 81 countries where it wasn't typically found, as part of an unusual outbreak that...

Fauci shares the ‘uh oh’ moment he realized monkeypox was getting out of control in a way that is ‘very reminiscent’ of HIV

Officially, more than 6,600 people across the US have been diagnosed with monkeypox since May 18, when the first...

Monkeypox Originated in Animals. Could It Spill Back Into Them?

Two months into the international monkeypox epidemic, which so far has caused almost 6,000 infections in the United States...

A potentially deadly bacteria has been found in US soil and water for the first time. These are the symptoms of an infection the...

A bacteria called B. pseudomallei cause a rare and serious disease called melioidosis. Dr. Todd...

Can Ring Vaccination Contain Monkeypox in the US?

In the last years of the campaign to eradicate smallpox, the health workers fanning out to the disease’s stubborn...

A meningococcal disease outbreak in the US has killed a quarter of people infected this year. Here are the symptoms to look out for.

Meningococcal disease can cause neck pain and stiffness. Getty A meningococcal outbreak has killed a quarter of people infected...

A healthy baby died at 1 month old after contracting a severe version of a common virus. It’s now showing up in multiple states.

When baby Ronan was born on May 21 this year, he was a "healthy, full-term," 8 pound-5 ounce boy....

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