FLORIDA DEPARMENT OF HEALTH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY RESPONDS TO MONKEYPOX CASE Contact:Wendi Jackson, Public Information SpecialistFlorida Department of Health in Volusia Countychd64pio@flhealth.gov   Daytona Beach, Fl. — The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia), the Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, and the Centers […]

HOUSTON – The Harris County Public Health and Houston Health Department authorities will join a virtual news conference Thursday for a Q&A event to discuss updates relating to the monkeypox virus and the monkeypox vaccine. Both health departments are now administering the monkeypox vaccine since […]

Recent data suggest that the DNA of monkeypox can also be detected in a variety of bodily fluids from those infected. That includes respiratory and nasal secretions, spit, urine, feces, and semen—meaning a flushed tissue from someone with monkeypox can register the virus in wastewater. […]