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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Melody Schreiber

US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected

Mpox vaccine
Vials of the Jynneos vaccine for mpox are taken from a cooler at a vaccination site in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/AP

A newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.

The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for public health to detect cases and stop the spread.

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