Monkeypox cases, after a precipitous rise since June, are finally falling in the United States. Counterintuitively, this is exactly the moment, public health experts say, when testing should ramp up.

WASHINGTON — The monkeypox outbreak received the highest level of alert from the World Health Organization on Saturday, which is now calling it a public health emergency of international concern.

Earlier this summer, Quest Diagnostics announced that its monkeypox test was available nationwide to help detect the virus. On Sept. 7, the company said the diagnostic received emergency use ...

Researchers have developed a working prototype of a PCR test for monkeypox that provides accurate, easy-to-read results The test works with a compact, portable system developed for COVID-19 ...

In June, when it became clear that the U.S. monkeypox outbreak that had begun a month before was not going to just peter out, federal officials met the outbreak with confidence. The pool of at-risk ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— The City of New Orleans’ Health Department is analyzing wastewater to get samples to see if monkeypox is spreading in our area. The health department also says its Health Hub in ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday shared guidance on how developers can seek emergency use authorization for monkeypox tests. The agency said it intends to prioritize review of EUA ...

Last spring, a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 — developed by Northwestern University spinoff company Minute Molecular Diagnostics — received emergency use authorization (EUA) ...