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Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant | Mpox

Thailand has confirmed the first case of the new, more deadly strain of MPOX in Asia in a patient who travelled to Thailand from Africa. The Department of Disease Control announced that laboratory tests on a 66-year-old man confirmed that he was infected with the mpox Clade 1b variant. “The Department of Disease Control wishes […]

W.H.O. Ready to Issue Global ‘Guidance’ on Dealing with Mpox Outbreak

A word of warning: The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing international “guidelines” on how to best respond to a global MPOX outbreak, the organization’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Thursday from the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. WHO warning: China Announced The country will monitor incoming people and goods for MPOX for the next […]

Sweden Announces First Case of More Contagious ‘Mpox’ Outside Africa

The Swedish government announced the first confirmed cases diagnosed outside Africa of the more severe “Mpox” strain of the virus, formerly known as monkeypox before being renamed. The first case of the clade (‘branchType 1 pox, which is believed to be more deadly than the lineage 2 that circulated in 2022, has been confirmed in […]

Mpox is a global emergency, WHO says. Is it spreading the US?

(NEXSTAR) – The World Health Organization says MPOX is spreading rapidly in parts of Africa, making it a global health emergency. For many in the U.S., the virus hasn’t been a top concern in recent years, but is it now something to worry about again? There are several important differences between the type of MPOX […]

WHO: mpox a global health emergency

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Faster spreading strain of mpox raises alarm in Congo

Health officials around the world have sounded the alarm about a variant of MPOX circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but little is known about it other than that it appears to transmit more easily between humans. The MPOX virus circulating in North and South Kivu provinces of the Republic of Congo is believed […]

WHO ignites calls for urgent action on a dangerous mpox strain

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of MPOX in Africa needs urgent action, especially since dangerous strains have been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “It is crucial that we address the recent surge in MPOX cases in Africa,” said Rosamund Lewis, WHO’s MPOX technical lead. According to Reuters. Chris […]

Mpox not going away any time soon

Since October 2023, on average 200mpox case detected every month. While this is still a fairly low infection rate, experts are concerned that this could be a harbinger of more infections in the summer, when people travel and socialize more. Medical experts monitoring the trends are calling for targeted action. “We encourage the public to […]