Official Wu Zunyou also called for people to avoid ‘skin-to-skin contact’ with those who had been abroad recently, as well as ‘strangers’ A senior Chinese …
Individual hospitalised with the virus had recently travelled to west Africa, say public health officials A second monkeypox strain has been identified in the UK, …
Clinical trial will explore whether Tecovirimat can reduce time it takes for skin lesions and ulcers to heal The first clinical trial in patients with …
UKHSA says studies suggest smaller doses generate ‘near-identical’ immune response Supplies of a vaccine that protects against monkeypox are to be stretched by giving people …
Experts say disease is found in number of animals and name can be stigmatising to monkeys and African continent The World Health Organization has asked …
Health Security Agency warns against complacency despite figures suggesting outbreak has slowed The monkeypox outbreak in the UK is showing signs of plateauing, the UK …
Exclusive: ‘People are reaching out for appointments but there’s just nothing available because there’s been so much shifting around of staff and resources to respond …
Move will trigger extra resources and other measures to combat virus as health secretary urges ‘every American to take it seriously’ The Biden administration has …
The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 …
President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve …
Announcement on Friday follows report hours earlier from Brazil of first such death outside Africa Spain has reported what is thought to be Europe’s first …
California city has recorded 261 cases so far and declaration will allow authorities to mobilize more staff and resources San Francisco officials announced a state …
Terrence Higgins Trust says action must be stepped up to prevent disease becoming endemic Health authorities are underestimating the scale of the response required to …
Monkeypox has officially been declared a “global health emergency” by the World Health Organisation (WHO), after an outbreak in more than 70 countries.
Declaration is strongest call to action agency can make, with most recent such announcement being for Covid The global monkeypox outbreak has been declared a …
World Health Organization official calls for urgent, coordinated action to prevent spread of disease There is no room for complacency around the monkeypox outbreak, the …
The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in nearly 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global …
The Biden administration has started shipping testing kits for monkeypox to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnostic tests for suspected infections for the …
Two men who contracted the virus share their experiences of contact tracing and vaccination system UK monkeypox outbreak not yet under control, say experts With …
Urgent move to change name comes after scientists call it ‘inaccurate’ and ‘stigmatising’ as virus spreads The World Health Organization has said it will rename …