Among men who have sex with men and transgender people who reported close contact with a person with mpox, condomless receptive anal sex was associated with approximately 5 times the odds of mpox.
CDC and partners identified a new tecovirimat-resistant clade II mpox variant in a patient sample from California; they then used viral genomic surveillance and case investigations to investigate 17 additional cases from five states.
Among 34 surveyed attendees of a gathering in North Carolina, 22 (65%) reported eating undercooked bear meat at the gathering; 10 (45%) of them experienced clinical signs and symptoms consistent with trichinellosis.
