A physician assistant prepares a syringe with the MPX vaccine. The disease’s spread is slowing in the U.S. but the virus is unlikely to be eliminated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Editor's Note: In light of widespread concerns that the name “monkeypox” is racist and stigmatizing, the World Health Organization has renamed the disease “mpox.” Lipsitch hesitated …
Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares a vaccine for the MPX virus at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center on Aug. 10 in Los Angeles. For the seven-day period that ended Thursday, L.A. County reported 187 new MPX cases, a 30% decline from the prior week’s tally of 269. L.A. County’s apparent weekly peak was Aug. 19 to Aug. …
Shawn Griffin, photographed in August at De Longpre Park in Los Angeles, says the emergence of MPX has reminded him that racism, homophobia and stigma are still common. “People get the idea — especially since right now doesn’t seem to be deadly — that it’s OK, not realizing that it’s most likely other populations that don’t have the same access …
