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State Public Health Labs Step Up as CDC Pauses Testing for Various Pathogens, Including Rabies, Mpox

The agency has temporarily paused testing for a host of infectious diseases, including poxviruses, various parasites, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis, a rodent-borne virus that can cause meningitis.

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San Francisco Department of Public Health Confirms First Clade I Mpox Case in San Francisco

On April 14, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in a San Francisco resident. The case occurred in an unvaccinated adult who was hospitalized and is improving. The individual reported close contact with someone who traveled internationally.

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Mpox Can Infect and Replicate in the Brain, NIH Researchers Say in Fatal HIV Case

A man with advanced HIV died with drug-resistant mpox replicating in his brain, US scientists found, in a case that shows how the virus can persist and evolve just as global health programs to check such infections are being scaled back.

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