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Monkeypox outbreak: Causes, symptoms, and cases outside Africa

The director-general of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that the spread of monkeypox or mpox in Africa is a global health emergency.

Why did WHO declare Mpox as health emergency of international concern?

Mpox outbreak 2024: Soon after WHO declared monkeypox an emergency of international concern, three patients tested positive for the MPox virus in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

After Sweden, Pakistan logs suspected case of deadly mpox virus: 10 updates

Mpox cases latest: Before Pakistan, the first international case of this virus in 2024 was detected in Sweden a day ago, triggering fears of its potential spread outside the continent of Africa

Bavarian Nordic seeks EU's approval to extend mpox vaccine to adolescents

Mpox has been declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization, with children and adolescents being particularly vulnerable to the disease

Mpox now a global health emergency; 'easily transmitting': Causes, symptoms

Monkeypox (or Mpox) is part of the same virus family as smallpox but typically causes milder symptoms, such as fever, chills, and body aches

Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared global health emergency. What is mpox?

The World Health Organization has declared that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. The announcement by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came after a meeting of the UN health agency's emergency committee. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency on the continent on Tuesday. WHO on Wednesday said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in Africa this year, which already exceed last year's figures. So far, more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in a single country -- Congo. Scientists are concerned by the spread of a new version of the disease there that might be more easily transmitted among people. Here's a look at what we know about mpox, and what might be done to contain it: What is mpox? Mpox, also known as monkeypox, was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were outbreaks of a

Mpox vaccines maybe months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared public health emergency of continental concern for first time ever, and today, a WHO-led panel meets to decide if it represents global threat

WHO calls emergency meeting over surge in mpox cases spreading from Congo

"The committee will meet as soon as possible and will be made up of independent experts from a range of relevant disciplines from around the world," Tedros posted on X

Mpox outbreak in many African countries: Know symptoms, treatment and more

Mpox, also known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that causes painful skin boils as well as fever, headache, and muscle aches. It is spread by close contact between people

WHO confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo as country sees record outbreak

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak, a worrying development that African scientists warn could make it more difficult to stop the disease. In a statement issued late Thursday, the U.N. health agency said a resident of Belgium travelled to Congo in March and tested positive for mpox, or monkeypox, shortly afterward. WHO said the individual identified himself as a man who has sexual relations with other men and that he had gone to several underground clubs for gay and bisexual men. Among his sexual contacts, five later tested positive for mpox, WHO said. This is the first definitive proof of sexual transmission of monkeypox in Africa, Oyewale Tomori, a Nigerian virologist who sits on several WHO advisory groups, said. The idea that this kind of transmission could not be happening here has now been debunked." Mpox has been endemic in parts of central and west ..

WHO declares end to viral disease 'mpox' public health emergency

Almost 90% fewer mpox cases were reported in the past three months, compared with cases in the same duration before that, the WHO chief said

Patchy recovery: How 2022 swung from despair to hope to caution

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US health officials prepare to end mpox emergency as cases dwindle

The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the US. Mpox cases have plummeted in recent weeks, with just a handful of new infections being reported every week in the month of November, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the height of the outbreak, over the summer, hundreds of people were being infected weekly. The virus has primarily spread among men who have sex with infected men. The public health emergency is expected to end in January, said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement. Given the low number of cases today, HHS does not expect that it needs to renew the emergency declaration when it ends on January 31, 2023, Becerra said. But we won't take our foot off the gas we will continue to monitor the case trends closely and encourage all at-risk individuals to get a free vaccine. The U

Monkeypox: WHO announces 'mpox' to be used as synonym for the disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will now begin to use a new preferred term "mpox" as a synonym for monkeypox

Argentina records 1st monkeypox death of man with underlying pathologies

Argentina recorded its first death from monkeypox of an adult male with underlying pathologies, the Health Ministry announced

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism, discrimination concerns

The World Health Organisation has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The UN health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out. WHO said it was concerned by the racist and stigmatising language that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. It said numerous individuals and countries asked the organisation to propose a way forward to change the name. In August, WHO began consulting experts about renaming the disease, shortly after the UN agency declared monkeypox's spread to be a global emergency. To date, there have been more than 80,000 cases identified in dozens of countries that had not previously reported the smallpox-related disease. Until May, monkeypox, a disease that is thought to originate in animals, was not .

WHO looking to rename monkeypox to 'MPOX', reports US newspaper

The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to rename monkeypox to "MPOX" to destigmatize the virus, according to a US newspaper report

First case of monkeypox reported in the country: Sri Lankan health minister

The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said that the 20-year old patient arrived in the island nation on Tuesday, Rambukwella told the media

Children aged 8 or younger face higher risk of monkeypox: Researchers

Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, researchers report.

Canada confirms 1,411 monkeypox cases, 38 hospitalisations: PHAC

Canada has confirmed 1,411 cases of monkeypox, including 38 hospitalisations, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.