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WHO calls for increased surveillance, sharing of data, vaccines to combat monkeypox outbreakThe WHO Director-General called for global collaboration after Sweden confirmed the first case of a more contagious monkeypox variant outsi...17 Aug, 2024, 10.59 AM IST- Mpox outbreaks: What you need to know about the global health emergencyThe World Health Organization has declared mpox a global health emergency following a dramatic increase in cases and deaths across Africa. ...15 Aug, 2024, 08.54 PM IST
- Mpox declared a health emergency: Here are causes, symptoms, and prevention of this highly infectious diseaseMPOX Virus Outbreak: The Africa CDC has declared the spread of mpox a health emergency, calling for international assistance. With over 14,...15 Aug, 2024, 12.42 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
- What is 'Disease X'? UK Scientists prepare vaccines against potential new pandemicA group comprising over 200 scientists is gearing up at a heavily fortified facility in the United Kingdom, diligently bracing for the next...07 Aug, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
- WHO eyes end to Covid and Mpox emergencies in 2023His comments at a briefing with media come as China dismantles its rigid "zero-COVID" policy and allows people to live with the virus, stir...15 Dec, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
- Don't touch foreigners to reduce monkeypox risk, says senior Chinese health officialA senior Chinese health official advised people to avoid physical contact with foreigners to prevent possible monkeypox infection after the...19 Sep, 2022, 12.21 PM IST
- Monkeypox health emergency explained. A look at protective measures & treatmentMonkeypox spreads primarily via intimate skin-to-skin contact.06 Aug, 2022, 02.08 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
- 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
- UN health agency declares monkeypox a global emergencyDeclaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an "extraordinary event" that could spill over into more countries and require...23 Jul, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
- Monkeypox: How a public emergency could be declaredThe WHO could declare the situation to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Here is a look at how the decision is...21 Jul, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
- WHO to decide on sounding highest alarm on monkeypoxA surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the West and Central African countries where the disease has long...21 Jul, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
- More than 1,000 monkeypox cases reported to WHOWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk of monkeypox becoming established in these non-endemic countries was real, bu...08 Jun, 2022, 08.02 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
- How concerned should we be about monkeypox?As of Friday, some 80 monkeypox cases have been confirmed and an additional 50 are under investigation in 11 countries, according to the Wo...21 May, 2022, 04.44 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
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