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Mpox 'not the new Covid', says WHOThe WHO emphasized that the mpox outbreak is different from Covid-19, highlighting that existing knowledge and response measures can contro...20 Aug, 2024, 07.58 PM IST- What is Mpox virus and its symptoms? WHO considers international health emergencyThe World Health Organization is considering declaring an international public health emergency due to a worsening mpox outbreak in Africa....05 Aug, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
- Alaskapox: Symptoms, treatment, how to protect, what to knowAlaskapox is hogging limelight after there has been first death case report in Alaska. Alaska health officials are aware of seven people in...15 Feb, 2024, 02.40 AM IST
- Pets must be isolated from people infected with monkeypox: WHOPeople infected with monkeypox must isolate their pets, said an official from the World Health Organization, after a report showed the firs...17 Aug, 2022, 02.40 PM IST
- Monkeypox virus: 3rd case detected in Delhi, 8 in India so farA Nigerian man living in the national capital has tested positive for the monkeypox virus, taking the tally of total cases in Delhi to thre...02 Aug, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
- India's first monkeypox patient recovers, to be discharged todayThe patient, who had come from abroad and was hospitalised after showing symptoms of monkeypox, tested positive for the disease on July 14....30 Jul, 2022, 02.36 PM IST
- Kerala equipped to tackle monkeypox; no need to panic, state health minister saysKerala Health Minister Veena George said testing and surveillance have been intensified across the state and those among the primary contac...25 Jul, 2022, 02.45 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
- First case of monkeypox in India reported from KeralaThe Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is sending a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to collaborate with the State Hea...14 Jul, 2022, 09.12 PM 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
- Is monkeypox now a pandemic? World Health Network says so, urges WHO to take immediate actionThe statement further added that WHO needs to ‘urgently’ announce Monkeypox as a public health emergency23 Jun, 2022, 02.39 PM IST
- Monkeypox: WHO outlines five preventive measures to stop human-to-human transmissionA zoonosis disease, which is transmitted from animals to humans, monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus that causes a disease with symptoms similar,...06 Jun, 2022, 10.51 PM IST
- Monkeypox: Trivitron healthcare develops real-time PCR based kit in India"India has always been at the forefront of extending help to the world, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, and this time also the wor...27 May, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
- Monkeypox: we have vaccines and drugs to treat itMonkeypox belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of viruses, which includes smallpox. Luckily, due to something called cross-protection, smallp...27 May, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
- How contagious is monkeypox? Patients can spread the infection for up to 4 weeks, say expertsThe period for which people stay infectious is when the blisters and lesions are active.23 May, 2022, 07.48 PM IST
- Monkeypox disease: Over 40 suspected cases in Spain, Portugal; symptoms to watch out forLymph nodes swelling, rash on the face are some early symptoms.19 May, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
- UK reports 1st case of monkeypox; symptoms include fever, rash, lymph node swelling. This is how it spreadsMonkeypox is a virus transmitted to humans from animals.10 May, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
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