How Easy Is It to Catch Monkeypox?
Monkeypox is now definitively more widespread than just a few cases, with New York, California, and Illinois declaring emergencies and the World Health Organization calling it a Public Health Emergency…
Is Monkeypox a Sexually Transmitted Disease?
Photo: oasisamuel (Shutterstock) In declaring monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization on Monday acknowledged that currently this outbreak is concentrated among men who have…
EU Drug Regulator Reviews Use Of Smallpox Vaccine Against Monkeypox
Supplies of Imvanex Smallpox vaccine is limited in the EU, the EMA said. (Representational)The Hague, Netherlands: The European Union’s drug regulator said on Tuesday it had started formally reviewing the…
How to Lower Your Risk of Getting Monkeypox During Sex
Photo: BUFOTO (Shutterstock) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been more than 2,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox across 37 different countries in 2022. While it’s…
Nepal Reports Suspected Case Of Monkeypox: Report
This year, over 1,600 cases have been reported to WHO. (Representational)Kathmandu: A 26-year-old Nepalese national who returned from Dubai was admitted to a tropical and infectious disease hospital in Nepal’s…
Moneypox Has Likely Spread Under The Radar “For Some Time”: WHO
Monkeypox is related to smallpox, which killed millions around the world before being eradicated in 1980.Geneva: The WHO said Wednesday that hundreds of monkeypox cases have surfaced beyond the African…
Monkeypox Cases Spread “Tip Of The Iceberg,” Says WHO: 10 Points
Monkeypox is an endemic in 11 countries in West and Central Africa.New Delhi: The European Union’s disease agency that the number of monkeypox cases has reached 219 outside of countries…
200 Monkeypox Cases In 20 Countries: WHO Calls For Increased Surveillance
The recent monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries has raised concerns.About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where…
Monkeypox Cases Could “Accelerate”: Top Europe Health Official’s Warning
Symptoms of Monkeypox include fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, and exhaustion.London: A top European health official warned Friday that cases of the rare monkeypox virus could accelerate in…
Great, Now We Have to Worry About Monkeypox?
Photo: Cuson (Shutterstock) Smallpox is the only disease we’ve ever managed to fully eradicate in humans; it hasn’t existed anywhere in the world since 1980. But its close relative, monkeypox,…