Monkeypox is a health emergency now. Where could it spread next and who is at risk? ExplainedLast month, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency.
08 Aug, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned travellersThe study also mentioned the details about both the cases where a 35-year-old male and 31-year-old male from UAE tested positive for Monkey...
07 Aug, 2022, 07.46 AM IST
Monkeypox virus: Do's, don'ts and types. Read details hereThe West African Monkeypox virus is on the rise among people. Read on to know the dos and don'ts to save yourself from contracting the viru...
04 Aug, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of CovidTo date, there have been more than 21,000 monkeypox cases reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Afri...
01 Aug, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
India reports Asia's first monkeypox death caseAccording to the relatives of the deceased they were informed on July 30 -- the same day the patient died -- that his samples taken in UAE ...
01 Aug, 2022, 04.08 PM IST
Spain reports second monkeypox-related death in EuropeSpain had reported its first death as recently as Friday, shortly after Brazil reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the Afric...
30 Jul, 2022, 05.04 PM IST
Maha: Nine out of ten suspected monkeypox patients test negative, one result awaitedThe result of one patient was yet to be available, said Dr Pradeep Awate, surveillance officer for epidemic-prone diseases in Maharashtra. ...
28 Jul, 2022, 10.46 PM IST
Amid monkeypox surge, WHO urges reducing number of sexual partnersWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who last Saturday declared monkeypox a global health emergency, told reporters that the best way to p...
28 Jul, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
Kerala issues SOP for treatment, isolation of monkeypox casesThe minister, in the release, further said that risk of infection is high through close physical or direct skin-to-skin contact or sexual i...
20 Jul, 2022, 10.27 AM IST
Suspected monkeypox case found in Kerala, samples sent for testingAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms ...
14 Jul, 2022, 10.16 AM 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
WHO eyes decision on monkeypox 'emergency', Africa says it's long overdueMonkeypox does not spread nearly as easily as COVID and there are vaccines and treatments available, unlike for the coronavirus when it eme...
23 Jun, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
What is monkeypox? Symptoms of new virus, treatment and vaccines; here are all the detailsSmallpox has a cousin named monkeypox and is extremely rare. It has been found among the people in the United States, and a case was report...
03 Jun, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Govt guidelines on monkeypox stress on surveillance, rapid identification, isolationThe guidelines proposed a surveillance strategy to rapidly identify cases and clusters of infections and the sources of infections as soon ...
31 May, 2022, 09.33 PM 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 spreads in West, baffling African scientistsCases of the smallpox-related disease haven't previously been seen among people with no links to central and West Africa. But in the past w...
20 May, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Germany detects first case of monkeypox, military medical service says"The Institute for Microbiology of the German Armed Forces in Munich has now also detected the monkeypox virus beyond doubt for the first t...
20 May, 2022, 06.41 PM IST