The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in Canyon County.

Southwest District Health announced Tuesday that the case was detected in mid-November in a male Canyon County resident.

  • @SalamendaciousOP
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    181 year ago

    Mpox is not a great name. The virus is called the monkey pox virus so that’s no good but the virus is also called MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV and those are okay. I think we should go with simian plague.

    • @SweatyFireBalls
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      31 year ago

      Ah man, I feel like I’m coming down with a video format

    • Chaotic Entropy
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      21 year ago

      Simian Plague sounds like either a description of Planet of the Apes or a metal band.