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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...
Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO
Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths, the head of the World...
More Global Approach Needed to Control Monkeypox
With increasing numbers of monkeypox virus among 1.3 billion people, African health experts have expressed worriness over lack of appropriate vaccines to contain the...
Monkeypox: How it spreads, who’s at risk – here’s what you need to know
Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic. However, the international outbreak which began in May 2022, has...
Emergency Committee meets again as Monkeypox cases pass 14,000
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak, as...
Monkeypox On the Rise in Africa, United States and Europe – says WHO
With rising cases of Monkeypox not only in Africa but also in the United States and Europe, the world is now experiencing shivering fears...
Monkeypox virus testing for 20 African Union Member States
With rising cases of Monkypox virus in Africa, the Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) have...
Reported Monkeypox Cases: 39 Countries Globally and Eight African Countries
By mid-June, eight African countries have confirmed monkeypox cases, along side several external countries including the United States and a number of European countries....
Is Nigeria the Brithplace of Monkeypox?
Federal Republic of Nigeria, the most populated West African nation, has come under spotlight, allegedly as the place of origin of monkeypox virus, which...
Minimal risk of monkeypox transmission in UK following confirmed case
Risk of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom is minimal following a confirmed case of the rare and sometimes fatal animal-bourne disease, the World...