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WHO renames monkeypox as ‘mpox’ to avoid stigma

November 29, 2022

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...

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WHO says monkeypox remains global health emergency

November 2, 2022

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,...

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WHO seeks sharpened response to virus outbreaks

September 1, 2022

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...

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WHO: Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe

August 31, 2022

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...

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WHO: Monkeypox cases spike in Americas, fall in Europe

August 26, 2022

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Experts question reliance on monkeypox vaccine in short supply

August 23, 2022

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...

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Monkeypox renaming ideas land, WHO vows nothing ‘ridiculous’

August 17, 2022

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US monkeypox cases on sharp rise ‘due to govt setbacks’

August 16, 2022

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...

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WHO gives new names to variants of monkeypox virus

August 13, 2022

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...

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Europe to consider ‘dose-sparing’ to increase monkeypox vaccine

August 10, 2022

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...

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Germany reports first monkeypox case in a child

August 10, 2022

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...

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US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

August 5, 2022

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...

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WHO: Monkeypox hits Europe, Americas hardest

July 28, 2022

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...

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Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine wins EU approval

July 25, 2022

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...

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WHO declares monkeypox global public health emergency

July 24, 2022

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...

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US identifies first cases of monkeypox in children

July 23, 2022

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...

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WHO: Over 6k monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set

July 7, 2022

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...

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WHO says monkeypox not yet a health emergency

June 26, 2022

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EU signs deal with Bavarian Nordic for 110,000 monkeypox vaccines

June 15, 2022

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (left) and spherical immature virions (right) obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. (CYNTHIA S GOLDSMITH, RUSSELL REGNER /CDC VIA AP) BRUSSELS -...

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WHO upgrades monkeypox risk level to ‘moderate’

June 4, 2022

This handout photo taken in the year 2001 and received on May 23, 2022 from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, shows a colored electron-microscopic capture of the monkeypox virus. ANDREWA MAENNEL, ANDREWA SCHNARTENDORFF / RKI ROBERT...