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Monkeypox straining already overstretched public health system

Deep into their third year of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, local and state public health workers are battered, depleted and, in many places, demoralized.

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New York declares public health emergency over monkeypox case numbers

In the last two days, the state health department has also called monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health”

Irish Mirror

How we talk about monkeypox matters. Experts offer ways to reduce stigma

Experts caution against fear-based messaging, especially when it targets communities that have historically been discriminated against.

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New York declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

Mayor says as as many as 150,000 residents could be at risk of infection

Wales Online

1,664 new Covid patients, 26 more deaths

The country registered 1,664 more Covid-19 cases under treatment and 26 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.

Bangkok Post

New York City declares monkeypox a public health emergency

Officials in New York City have declared a public health emergency due to the monkeypox outbreak

The Independent UK

Officials step up monkeypox screening

The Public Health Ministry is ramping up the screening of air travellers from countries reporting a spread of monkeypox to step up precautions against the disease.

Bangkok Post

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LA County has cut back on COVID-19 contact tracing as supercontagious BA.5 surges

LOS ANGELES — After Julianne Cline went out and got tested for COVID-19 this June, text messages and voicemails soon piled up from Los Angeles County contact tracers who wanted to talk to her.

Los Angeles Times

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease

The Independent UK

1,962 new Covid cases, 32 more deaths

There were 32 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,962 new cases admitted to hospitals on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

2 more monkeypox suspects in Maharashtra test negative

MUMBAI: Samples of two more suspected patients of monkeypox have tested negative for the virus, said state public health officials on Friday.

The Times of India

California not ready to declare emergency over monkeypox

California's public health officer says officials are pressing for more vaccine and closely monitoring the spread of the monkeypox virus

The Independent UK

California public health officials ramp up efforts to address monkeypox outbreaks with more vaccines on the way

As monkeypox cases rise across California, state officials in California are ramping up their efforts to acquire vaccine doses and educate the public on the disease.

Tribune News Service

Monkeypox: Expert reveals all you need to know as virus declared global health emergency

As health services fight to get the spread of monkeypox under control, an epidemiologist has answered your questions about how to handle the disruption the disease may have on our lives

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow Alzheimer's death rate one of the highest in the country

Cases of the disease are rising, and Alzheimer Scotland have warned that patients are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, making it a public health priority.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Monkeypox became an emergency because we’ve neglected LGBTQ community health

As gay men working in medicine, watching the monkeypox virus spread through our community has been devastating.

Al Jazeera

New York raises monkeypox alarm, San Francisco declares emergency

Authorities say the declarations will help the government to mobilise resources.

ABC News

Professors express opposite views on whether the latest COVID-19 wave in SA has peaked

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer says it is not clear whether the state has passed the peak of its latest COVID-19 wave, while a leading epidemiologist says "quite clearly" the numbers are on a downward trajectory.

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VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories July 29

This week: Monkeypox runner, cannabis confusion, Covid concern and 'dead' man's new ID

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Second monkeypox case found

The Public Health Ministry reported Thailand's second monkeypox case on Thursday, a man living with 10 other people in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

2,480 new Covid cases, 37 more deaths

There were 37 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,480 new cases admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Inverse

What you need to know about the surge of monkeypox cases in the US

There are more than 4,000 confirmed monkeypox cases in the United States. But that doesn't mean it is becoming more infectious.

Los Angeles Times

Some experts see less value in a new LA mask mandate at this stage of the pandemic

LOS ANGELES — As successive waves of COVID-19 have swept across the Southland, Michael Matteo Rossi, a 35 year-old filmmaker who lives in Los Feliz, has gamely masked up whenever he shopped, ate out or visited with his parents, who are in their 70s.

The Hindu

Telangana: Guidelines issued for donations to public health facilities

No policy for accepting land or funds from corporates or individuals

The Independent UK

Africa's alone in monkeypox deaths but has no vaccine doses

Africa's public health agency says the continent still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine even though it’s the only continent to have documented deaths from the disease that’s newly declared a global emergency

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