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Man dies from Alaskapox, health officials say: What to know about the relatively new, rare virus

Headline from ABC 7 San Francisco, on the newest of 2 developments

An Alaska resident has died from complications of a relatively new and rare virus known as Alaskapox. Here's what to know.

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  1. Alaska Health Officials: First Deadly Case of Alaskapox Kills Elderly Man

    Headline from Breitbart News ·

  2. Newest

    Man dies from Alaskapox, health officials say: What to know about the relatively new, rare virus

    Headline from ABC 7 San Francisco ·

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  1. Breitbart News

    Alaska Health Officials: First Deadly Case of Alaskapox Kills Elderly Man (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Health officials say an elderly man who lived on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is the first individual to die of a virus known as Alaskapox.

  2. Forbes

    What To Know About Alaskapox After Officials Confirm First Death From Recently Discovered Virus (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Scientists are unsure how the man contracted the virus, a relative of smallpox and mpox, but believe a scratch from a stray cat is responsible.

  3. People

    What Is Alaskapox, the Disease that Killed an Elderly Man in Alaska? (opens People)

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    People's feed description

    An elderly man in Alaska is the first reported death of someone who contracted Alaskapox — a virus related to smallpox which can lead to skin lesions.

  4. Oregon Capital Chronicle

    First fatal case of Alaskapox, a newly identified viral disease, claims Kenai Peninsula man (opens Oregon Capital Chronicle)

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    Oregon Capital Chronicle's feed description

    An elderly man with a compromised immune system has died from a virus found in small mammals and was detected in a human in Alaska in 2015.

  5. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Man dies from Alaskapox, health officials say: What to know about the relatively new, rare virus (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    An Alaska resident has died from complications of a relatively new and rare virus known as Alaskapox. Here's what to know.

  6. MedicalXpress

    Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health officials said.

  7. Fox News

    Alaska man dies from novel animal-borne virus, likely contracted from stray cat (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The first fatality from Alaskapox, a type of orthopoxvirus, has been reported on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. Here's what public health officials want people to know about the virus.

  8. NBC Los Angeles

    First death from ‘Alaskapox' identified as elderly Alaska man (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Alaskapox caused the first human death last month, Alaska health officials announced last week.

  9. Time

    A Man Has Died From Alaskapox. Here’s What We Know About the Virus (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    It’s a relatively new virus that’s been geographically contained.

  10. Salon

    Fatal case of Alaskapox reported, the first confirmed death since the virus was discovered in 2015 (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    Alaskapox is related to mpox and smallpox. Infections are rare and the victim had a suppressed immune system

  11. New York Times

    Man Dies in First Known Fatal Case of Alaskapox (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Alaska state health officials said that a man died last month of the virus, which occurs mostly in small mammals and causes lesions. There have been seven reported human cases since 2015.

  12. WMUR

    What to know about Alaskapox after officials report first known fatal case (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Health officials in Alaska have identified the first known death linked to a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox.

  13. CBS News

    Alaska man is first reported person to die of Alaskapox virus; exposure may be linked to stray cat (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Officials said it's possible a stray cat that "regularly hunted small mammals" had the Alaskapox virus on its claws when it scratched the man.

  14. CNN

    Officials report first known fatal case of Alaskapox (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Health officials in Alaska have identified the first known death linked to a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox.

  15. Los Angeles Times

    What is Alaskapox? The disease has claimed its first fatality (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    An elderly man in Alaska has become the country's first person confirmed to have died of Alaskapox. Here's what you should know about the disease.

  16. The Week

    Alaskapox: first human death from recently discovered virus (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

    The latest In Depth,/in-depths,,in-depths, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at The Week

  17. KOIN

    Elderly man dies of recently discovered Alaskapox virus. What is it? (opens KOIN)

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    KOIN's feed description

    An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health officials said.

  18. Newsweek

    Alaskapox death means virus "more geographically widespread" than thought (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    A man who died from the virus was only the seventh ever recorded human case of the infection.

  19. The Guardian

    Alaskapox: elderly man becomes first known death from virus (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a rash and muscle pain

  20. NPR

    A man died from Alaskapox last month. Here's what we know about the virus (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The first known fatality was an elderly man who lived alone in a forested area and was immunocompromised. Scientists say there's no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus so far.

  21. Deutsche Welle

    Alaskapox: First known death from the virus – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    An elderly man in the US was hospitalized with Alaskapox in late 2023 and died this January. Here's everything you need to know about the virus.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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