Mayo Clinic | Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about mpox @MayoClinic | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox, previously called monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern. Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says that means that there are significant enough cases and severity of disease in Africa with potential for the virus to spread to other countries that WHO felt it was appropriate to raise the level of awareness and concern about the virus.
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