monkeypox

Monkeypox spread declared global emergency

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the global spread of monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’, one…

2 years ago

India reports first case of monkeypox

India has reported its first monkeypox case as the World Health Organization (WHO) plans to convene an emergency meeting over…

2 years ago

WHO issues fresh warning over monkeypox

Monkeypox cases have tripled in Europe over the past two weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Friday, warning…

2 years ago

WHO issues monkeypox threat report

The World Health Organization has stopped short of raising alert over the widening monkeypox outbreak to the highest-possible level during…

2 years ago

Monkeypox to get rebranded, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with “partners and experts” to produce a new name for the monkeypox virus,…

2 years ago

Top health official comments on how monkeypox spreads

The monkeypox virus can spread through the air, but only if “close, sustained face-to-face contact” is maintained, the director of…

2 years ago

UK upgrades monkeypox threat

The monkeypox threat level has been ramped up in the UK and it is set to be listed as a…

2 years ago

CDC says 2 distinct outbreaks driving monkeypox cases

The monkeypox virus is slowly spreading through two separate outbreaks in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

2 years ago

Monkeypox cases ‘just tip of iceberg’ – WHO

The hundreds of cases of monkeypox that have been diagnosed in the past month across Europe, North and South America,…

2 years ago

No need for mass vaccination against monkeypox – WHO

There is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox but contact tracing and isolation remain essential to contain the outbreak,…

2 years ago