This undated file image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox (monkeypox) particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland, US. (PHOTO / NIAID […]
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WHO renames monkeypox as ‘mpox’ to avoid stigma
A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima on Aug 16, 2022. Nearly 28,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide in the last three months and the first deaths are starting to be recorded. […]
WHO seeks sharpened response to virus outbreaks
Photo taken on Jan 22, 2020 shows an exterior view of the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. (LIU QU / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN — The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe called for urgent strategies and tools on Tuesday to control and eradicate COVID-19, monkeypox and polio. “With autumn and […]
WHO: Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe
In this file photo taken on Aug 6, 2022, people line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Lille, northern France. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) LONDON – It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful […]
WHO: Monkeypox cases spike in Americas, fall in Europe
A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima on Aug 16, 2022. Nearly 28,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide in the last three months and the first deaths are starting to be recorded. […]
Experts question reliance on monkeypox vaccine in short supply
A nurse holds a vial containing the monkeypox vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, on Aug 20, 2022. (NELL REDMOND / AP) LONDON – A reliance on vaccines in short supply and questions over their best use are hampering efforts to curb the […]
Monkeypox renaming ideas land, WHO vows nothing ‘ridiculous’
This undated file image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland, US. (NIAID VIA AP) GENEVA/LONDON […]
WHO vows nothing ‘ridiculous’ as monkeypox renaming ideas land
This undated file image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland, US. (NIAID VIA AP) GENEVA/LONDON […]
US monkeypox cases on sharp rise ‘due to govt setbacks’
Vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on Aug 9, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) LOS ANGELES – Monkeypox cases in the United States have kept climbing rapidly, topping over 11,000 cases, while media and experts have been blaming the Biden administration's response to […]
WHO gives new names to variants of monkeypox virus
A pharmacist administers a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus, at a pharmacy in Lille, northern France, on Aug 10, 2022. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) GENEVA – The World Health Organization has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid […]
Europe to consider ‘dose-sparing’ to increase monkeypox vaccine
A health professional prepares a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / FILE / POOL VIA AP) LONDON – Health officials in Europe are discussing whether to follow a move by the United States to stretch out scarce monkeypox vaccine supplies, with […]
Germany reports first monkeypox case in a child
This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (left) obtained from a sample of human skin associated. (CYNTHIA S. GOLDSMITH, RUSSELL REGNE / CDC via AP) BERLIN – Germany recorded its first case of monkeypox in a child, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Tuesday. The 4-year-old infected girl […]
US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine at the Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on July 27, 2022. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said on Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and […]
WHO: Monkeypox hits Europe, Americas hardest
Empty vials of vaccines against Monkeypox lie on a table after being used to vaccinate people at a medical center in Barcelona, Spain on July 26, 2022. (FRANCISCO SECO / AP PHOTO) GENEVA – Europe and the Americas have been affected the most by the monkeypox outbreak, Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros […]
Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine wins EU approval
OSLO – Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency. The approval comes just one day after the World Health Organization issued a high-level alert declaring the rapidly spreading monkeypox […]
WHO declares monkeypox global public health emergency
In this file photo on Dec 20, 2021, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, talks to the media regarding the coronavirus and global health priorities in 2022, during a press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (SALVATORE DI NOLFI/KEYSTONE VIA AP) GENEVA – The World Health Organization officially declared on […]
US identifies first cases of monkeypox in children
In this photo provided by the Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII in Madrid, on May 26, 2022, an electronic microscope image shows the monkeypox virus seen by a team from the Arbovirus Laboratory and the Genomics and Bioinformatics Units of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid. (UNIDAD DE MICROSCOPÍA ELECTRÓNICA DEL ISCIII, […]
WHO: Over 6k monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech on the opening day of 75th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organisation in Geneva on May 22, 2022. (JEAN-GUY PYTHON / AFP) LONDON – More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the World […]
WHO says monkeypox not yet a health emergency
In this photo provided by the Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII in Madrid, on May 26, 2022, an electronic microscope image shows the monkeypox virus seen by a team from the Arbovirus Laboratory and the Genomics and Bioinformatics Units of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid. (UNIDAD DE MICROSCOPÍA ELECTRÓNICA DEL ISCIII, […]