Mpox detected in California wastewater
The mpox virus has been detected in San Francisco’s wastewater, after the disease was declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WastewaterSCAN Dashboard, a public health tool used to monitor infectious diseases within communities, shows that mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was detected in southeast San Francisco on July 26, August 11 and August 12. It is important to note that it is not clear whether these detections come from human sources. … San Francisco’s database on the virus, Mpox data and reports, does not show any data for August yet, but does show one case recorded in July.