The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional, and national efforts. This follows the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO Director-General on 14 August 2025.
These downloadable fact sheets from the CDC answer common questions about safer sex, social gatherings, and mpox.
Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, Acting Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, provides the latest on mpox in this FAQ series from KFF and CDC.
Communities can monitor the presence of mpox virus in wastewater samples. Data from samples can provide an early warning of mpox activity and spread in communities. This dashboard from the CDC displays the latest sample data.
To help meet domestic and international mpox response goals, CDC is urging clinicians to let patients with mpox know that oral tecovirimat is available through STOMP and encourage them to enroll. Providers should inform patients about STOMP so they can consider enrolling in the study.
Tecovirimat (TPOXX) and Guidance for Tecovirimat Use pages are now live.
This dashboard displays trends of mpox cases reported to CDC during the 2022 outbreak by date. As of May 1, 2024, U.S. mpox case trends data will be updated the first week of every month.
This resource page from the CDC provides examples and best practices for slowing the spread of mpox.
These case definitions from the CDC enable public health officials to classify and count mpox cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions.
Study highlights need for defined markers of mpox immunity to inform public health use.
Study highlights need for defined markers of mpox immunity to inform public health use.
This fact sheet for clinicians provides information on identifying, controlling, and preventing mpox.