Monkeypox

Seven months after the World Health Organization downgraded mpox from a global threat, an outbreak in Africa could go beyond the continent's borders. What is mpox and how dangerous is it? After a year in which nearly 90,000 people were…
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India on Monday recorded a marginal increase in the daily Covid-19 cases at 5,880 compared to the previous day. On Sunday, a total of 5,357 cases were reported. According to the health ministry data, the active infections stand at 35,199.…
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South Korea reported its first locally transmitted monkeypox case with which the total number of infections in the country rose to six. The patient was admitted to a hospital after which he was suspected of having contracted monkeypox,…
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A single dose of the monkeypox vaccine provides 78% protection against the virus, according to data from England released on Tuesday that health officials said was the strongest evidence yet of its effectiveness. Monkeypox cases have…
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Monkeypox can spread before symptoms appear, British researchers said on Wednesday, providing the first evidence indicating the virus can be transmitted this way. It was previously thought that monkeypox was almost entirely spread by…
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Monkeypox, the virus that is rapidly spreading across the globe, has created much panic among people and emergency measures have been initiated to control its outbreak. While, monkeypox is not known to be a severe and serious infection, a…
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A second US death was linked to monkeypox on Tuesday as health authorities published a study describing how two previously healthy young men experienced inflammation of the brain and spinal cord as a result of the virus. There have been…
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The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and signaling that Europe's outbreak may be starting to decline, the World Health Organization said Thursday.…
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The World Health Organization told AFP on Wednesday that studies are underway to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease. The two distinct groups, or variants, of the virus, were…
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Vaccines against monkeypox are not 100 per cent effective and that is why, people must reduce their own risks of infection, WHO technical lead Rosamund Lewis said on Wednesday. This comes as more than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have been…
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