Monkeypox

"Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with," an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year for the change to take full effect.

The Ohio Department Of Health has launched a new dashboard to track cases of monkeypox in local counties. As of Thursday, there have been 147 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ohio across 19 counties.

Last week the federal government declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. We take a look at what monkeypox is, the state of the outbreak in the U.S., and how our public health system is responding.

Columbus Public Health’s monkeypox vaccine clinic filled up within two hours of its announcement last week.

Columbus Public Health reports it has received a limited amount of the monkeypox vaccine and will be holding a vaccine clinic for those at the highest risk.

The federal government anticipates sending more vaccines to states like Ohio sometime in August.

Officials say the risk to the general public remains low.

Ohio health officials did not reveal where the person with monkeypox resides. A Cleveland Clinic physician talks about the likely risk for people in the Cleveland area from the disease and how it is different from the highly contagious COVID-19.

A man in Ohio tested positive for an orthopox virus, and state and federal health officials are working to confirm whether it is in fact monkeypox.

A recent outbreak of monkeypox in Massachusetts has some wondering if it could spread. Doctors say it is very unlikely it will spread into Ohio.