What is monkey pox? Has WHO declared it as a pandemic? Is it worse than covid?Mpox Virus: Monkey pox was already gaining the world's attention and now the World Health Organization has declared this virus as a pandemi...
20 Aug, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Is Mpox fatal? Is there a vaccine? Do Indians have immunity? Here are all the answers about the highly infectious Monkeypox virusIndia has increased vigilance following the WHO's highest-level alert on monkeypox. Steps include airport and seaport health screenings, an...
20 Aug, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
India heightens alert as Mpox cases rise globallyThe central government has instructed airport, port, and border authorities to increase vigilance due to a global rise in Mpox cases. This ...
20 Aug, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Over 1800 disease outbreaks reported across country last year: GovtA total of 1,862 disease outbreaks were reported to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme last year, with the highest number being ...
26 Jul, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Why are animal-to-human diseases on the rise?A zoonosis (plural zoonoses) is a disease or infection transmitted from vertebrate animals to people, and vice versa. The pathogens involve...
07 Apr, 2023, 09.15 AM IST
2022 saw the rise of multiple viral infections that are here to stayWith a looming threat of Covid-19 infection again to grab the country, the year 2022 has come to an end. After China and some other nations...
01 Jan, 2023, 10.07 PM IST
5th Monkeypox case detected in Delhi, 22-yr-old woman admitted in LNJP"One patient has been admitted in LNJP and her sample tested positive, at present 4 patients are admitted and one has been discharged. Tota...
13 Aug, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
Centre holds meeting with health experts to revisit existing guidelines for monkeypoxThe meeting, which was headed by Dr L Swasticharan, director of Emergency Medical Relief, was attended by officials from the National Aids ...
04 Aug, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
Dos and don'ts to prevent monkeypoxThe 'Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease' issued by the Centre stated that any person of any age having a history of travel to af...
03 Aug, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
Monkeypox case now reported in Delhi; Here’s what you need to know about the virusIndia recorded the fourth case of Monkeypox, a virus that belongs to the family of smallpox.
28 Jul, 2022, 01.19 PM IST
Delhi: LG Saxena reviews Monkeypox situation, asks 'people not to panic'Delhi has reported the first case of Monkeypox in a 31-year-old man with no travel history, said Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, Lok Nay...
25 Jul, 2022, 10.00 PM IST
Telangana man develops Monkeypox symptomsThe person got admitted to a private hospital in Kamareddy district after developing rashes on July 23, State Director of Public Health G S...
25 Jul, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
Samples of 5-year-old UP girl collected for suspected monkeypoxThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 i...
04 Jun, 2022, 01.27 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 spreads to Austria, Czech Republic, SloveniaIn the Czech Republic, the disease was detected in a man at Prague's Military University Hospital, according to Pavel Dlouhy, head of the C...
24 May, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
UK confirms local transmission of monkeypoxThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said new figures would be released on Monday, after it registered 20 cases on Friday. Asked if commun...
22 May, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Monkeypox: What are the symptoms, how it's spreading and should you be worried?Monkeypox is a virus that originates in wild animals like rodents and primates, and occasionally jumps to people. Most human cases have bee...
20 May, 2022, 11.08 AM IST