El Paso Reports First Mpox Case of the Year

El Paso's first Mpox case of 2025 reported

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Public Health Department just reported the city's first Mpox case of the year. The patient is a man in his 50s who is currently recovering at home. Public health officials are not contact tracing and the epidemiology team is contacting the man's close contacts and offering the vaccine to those people. Mpox is a viral infection that spreads by skin-to-skin contact. Health officials say it can be transmitted fr…

El Paso reports first Mpox case of the year

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso's Public Health Department has reported the first case of Mpox for 2025. The City says a man in his 50s contracted the viral infection and is currently recovering at home. Public health officials have initiated contact tracing, and the City’s DPH epidemiology team is actively [...]