India reports first suspected case of Mpox: Symptoms, transmission and WHO norms on vaccinationIndia's health ministry has identified a suspected Mpox case in a young male who recently traveled from an outbreak area. The patient is st...
09 Sep, 2024, 09.18 AM IST
Mpox vaccine coming soon, says Covishield manufacturer SII's CEO Adar PoonawallaMpox Vaccine: Adar Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India announced that the company was developing a Mpox vaccine, with results expect...
21 Aug, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
Serum Institute says working to develop Monkeypox vaccineThe World Health Organisation on August 14 declared the Mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The move came aft...
20 Aug, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
US warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drugEven though the drug was approved for smallpox, its effectiveness was measured in monkeys infected with monkeypox, considered a reasonable ...
16 Sep, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
US monkeypox cases spike to 5,189The total number of monkeypox cases in the US has increased to 5,189 as of Saturday, according to the latest update by the Centers for Dise...
30 Jul, 2022, 03.39 PM IST
WHO experts split on monkeypox emergency ahead of decision: SourcesIn the past, Tedros has always gone with the committee's recommendation, but the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was ...
23 Jul, 2022, 03.55 PM IST
WHO reports two new monkeypox deaths, cases in new areasThe Geneva-based U.N. agency will reconvene a meeting of the committee that will advise on declaring the outbreak a global health emergency...
07 Jul, 2022, 01.49 PM IST
Will monkeypox be a self-limiting outbreak or recurrent large epidemic?In mere weeks, monkeypox has spread to 37 non-endemic countries, with over 2,600 cases.
23 Jun, 2022, 04.38 PM IST
More than 200 cases of monkeypox worldwide: EU disease agency"This is the first time that chains of transmission are reported in Europe without known epidemiological links to West or Central Africa, w...
26 May, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Monkeypox: UK brings in isolation measures to contain spreadThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said close contacts of someone with “unprotected direct contact” with a confirmed case of monkeypox a...
23 May, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
Monkeypox threat doesn't rise to level of COVID-19: Joe BidenMonkeypox is rarely identified outside of Africa. But as of Friday, there were 80 confirmed cases worldwide, including at least two in the ...
23 May, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
ICMR, NCDC put on alert as WHO confirms 80 monkeypox cases in 11 countriesIssuing an alert to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Central government ha...
21 May, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in EuropeIn what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries - Belgium, ...
20 May, 2022, 10.43 PM IST