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Mpox: People urged to get vaccine before travelling to impacted areas of Africa

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says more important cases in Europe is ‘highly likely’

The Independent UK

More Than 18,700 Mpox Cases Detected In Africa Since January: Health Agency

More Than 18,700 Mpox Cases Detected In Africa Since January: Health Agency

A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

First case of Polio confirmed in Gaza as aid groups prepare for mass vaccination

First case of Polio confirmed in Gaza as aid groups prepare for mass vaccination

THE first case of Polio has been confirmed in Gaza, as aid groups prepare to deliver a mass vaccination programme ...

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Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak

The Independent UK

What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa?

Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

How far has mpox spread and how can you protect yourself?

Sweden and Pakistan have both reported cases of mpox days after the WHO declared the virus an ’emergency’.

Congo's humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization

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New deadly mpox strain likely to be in UK already, says diseases expert

New deadly mpox strain likely to be in UK already, says diseases expert

Professor urges those at risk to get jab or reduce number of sexual partners to cut chance of infection

The Independent UK

Mexico reports three new cases of mpox after WHO declares it a global health emergency

Mexico reports three new cases of mpox after WHO declares it a global health emergency

Health officers in the region are in high alert as cases for the year reach 49 in the country. This is the situation in Mexico and the rest of North America.

Gaza records first polio case as UN calls for truce to tackle virus

Gaza records first polio case as UN calls for truce to tackle virus

Hamas says it supports UN request to halt the fighting to allow a vaccination campaign for children against polio.

Scottish hospitality boss speaks out on addiction 'stigma' after own battles

Scottish hospitality boss speaks out on addiction 'stigma' after own battles

A SCOTTISH hospitality boss has spoken out about his struggles with addiction in a bid to tackle the “stigma attached to it” ...

The National (Scotland)

Europe Warned To Prepare For Mpox As Pakistan Reports First Case

Europe Warned To Prepare For Mpox As Pakistan Reports First Case

Health authorities warned Europe Friday to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox that has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

International Business Times

Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission

The Independent UK

Europe Must Prepare For More Mpox Cases: EU Health Agency

Europe Must Prepare For More Mpox Cases: EU Health Agency

The European Union health agency on Friday urged its member states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, a day after Sweden announced the first case outside Africa.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: If we have truly 'learned the lessons of Covid', we must act decisively against mpox

Politicians and policy-makers love to say it: “We must learn the lessons of Covid.” Indeed, a repeat of the last pandemic – in which more than seven million people died, schools shut and entire national economies were switched off – is something we ought to avoid. Which is why now…

WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war.

Evening Standard

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries where cases have been confirmed

Infection is rapidly spreading in central Africa and a first case has been confirmed in Europe amid fears that it could reach UK

Evening Standard

Mpox myths debunked: Questions around the outbreak answered

Mpox, which is now considered a public health emergency, is typically mild but can be fatal

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As mpox strain clade 1b reaches Europe, expert warns of delayed Western response

"The West only gets concerned about controlling epidemics when we start seeing cases, and then it is almost always too late to eradicate the infection."

Pakistan says one case of mpox virus detected, European agency raises alert

Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.

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New mpox variant detected outside Africa as UK health authorities prepare

HEALTH authorities in the UK have started to prepare for any potential cases of a deadlier and more contagious variant of the mpox virus ...

China to screen arrivals for mpox as Pakistan reports first case of deadly virus

China will monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, for the next six months, its customs administration said on Friday, after the WHO designated the outbreak a global public health emergency earlier this week. Pakistan on Friday confirmed the first case in Asia of…

Radio France Internationale

Why the latest mpox outbreak has global health authorities so alarmed

World health authorities are increasingly alarmed by the latest mpox outbreak, driven by a more lethal and infectious variant than the strain behind the 2022 outbreak – with this new version predominantly affecting children.

International Business Times

WHO Warns More Mpox To Come In Europe After Case In Sweden

The WHO on Thursday warned further imported cases of the new, more dangerous mpox strain in Europe were likely, after Sweden announced the first such infection outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

Sweden Reports First Case Of Highly-Infectious Mpox

The first case of mpox in Sweden, linked to an African outbreak, raises global health concerns about the spread of this highly-infectious virus.

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