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The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.

Bangkok Post

WHO holds emergency meeting on monkeypox spread as Europe cases rise

At least nine European countries have confirmed cases of monkeypox, with WHO officials worrying it may spread further during the northern hemisphere summer.

ABC News

Monkeypox outbreak will not be next pandemic, say scientists

'This will not be a pandemic as we know pandemics'

Wales Online

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Monkeypox: WHO emergency meeting amid ‘largest outbreak ever’ of disease in Europe

The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the monkeypox outbreak after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.

Evening Standard

Monkeypox spreading in Europe, US, has African scientists baffled

WHO’s European chief concerned that monkeypox could spread as people gather for parties and festivals over the summer.

Al Jazeera

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: WHO convenes emergency meeting as UK cases double

The news comes as causes double in the UK.

The National (Scotland)

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WHO to hold emergency meeting on monkeypox on Friday -sources

The World Health Organization is set to hold an emergency meeting to discuss monkeypox on Friday, according to sources close to the U.N. agency.

Reuters

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe

The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.

Reuters

UK monkeypox cases double as WHO plans emergency meeting over outbreak

More cases reported today

Wales Online

Monkeypox: What we know about rare virus as more cases confirmed around globe

Tropical disease also detected in US, Spain and Portugal this month

The Independent UK

CanSino Shares Jump After WHO Gives Nod to Its Covid-19 Vaccine

Tianjin-based company’s stock closes up 12.14% in Shanghai and 9.78% in Hong Kong

Caixin Global

How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and help ensure its end

Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

WEKU

Cancer Coalition Aims to Boost Access to Medicines in Poorer Countries

Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis and Roche have teamed up with global cancer organizations in an alliance aimed at getting more oncology medications to poorer countries. Currently, fewer than 50% of the cancer drugs on the World Health Organization's (WHO) essential medicines list are available in low and middle income countries,…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Ella’s law’ bill seeks to establish right to clean air in UK

Jenny Jones says bill, named after girl who died of asthma, treats pollution as matter of social justice

Tribune News Service

World has learned little from coronavirus pandemic and is ‘woefully’ unprepared for the next one: report

The world has learned little from the coronavirus pandemic – and we are not using what we did gain to prevent or deal with another one, a panel convened by the World Health Organization said this week.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

Dublin Live

Monkeypox cases detected in Europe and North America amid outbreak concerns

A WHO official gave RTE Radio One listeners an update today on the spread of Monkeypox

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The Guardian - UK

Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years

Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials say

The Conversation

Restrictive abortion laws put Nigerian women in danger

The word “abortion” is used to describe two types of pregnancies that end before 20 weeks, which is now regarded as the age of viability of a pregnancy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID Deaths Dropped Last Week but Cases Rising

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic released Thursday, the UN health agency said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears…

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID deaths dropped by 21% last week but cases rising

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization

Tribune News Service

Rekha Basu: Gov. Kim Reynolds' default to secrecy gets judge's rebuke — and provokes more serious questions

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recently met privately with dozens of people in the basement of an operations facility in a Marion park. The event wasn't listed on her official public schedule and members of the media who got wind of it and turned up were turned away. "Multiple elected officials…

Reuters

Taiwan says WHO ignoring requests for observer status at assembly

Taiwan expressed "dissatisfaction and regret" over the World Health Organization's failure to invite it to attend an upcoming annual assembly in Geneva, amid diplomatic pressure from China to isolate the island.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rare Monkeypox Outbreaks Detected in N.America, Europe

Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of Africa is spreading. Canada was the latest country to report it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, after…

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