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There is a "real" risk that monkeypox will establish itself in non-endemic countries if the current global threat is not wrestled under control, said World Health... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 9, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO Records Over 1,000 Monkeypox Cases in Non-Endemic Countries
[Premium Times] The WHO DG also noted that the monkeypox virus has been circulating and killing in Africa for decades with 1,400 suspected cases and 66 deaths reported so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed the 1,000 mark and the risk of it becoming established in some is “real”. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - June 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Concern grows that human monkeypox outbreak will establish virus in animals outside Africa
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Eleven days after being bitten by one of her pet prairie dogs, a 3-year-old girl in Wisconsin on 24 May 2003 became the first person outside of Africa to be diagnosed with monkeypox. Two months later, her parents and 69 other people in the United States had suspected or confirmed cases of this disease, which is caused by a relative of the much deadlier smallpox virus. The monkeypox virus is endemic in parts of Africa, and rodents imported from Ghana had apparently infected captive prairie dogs, Nort...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Regional Director's statement on monkeypox
8 June 2022 – Cases of monkeypox in non-endemic countries around the world continue to rise, with 780 confirmed cases reported from 27 countries as of 2 June. No deaths have been reported during the current outbreak. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, a total of 14 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported from 2 countries: 13 cases in the United Arab Emirates and one case in Morocco.
WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is working with health authorities in these 2 countries to manage the current outbreak and prevent further transmission through intensified surveillance and contact tracing, ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - June 8, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
What Our COVID-19 Response Can Teach Us About Containing Monkeypox
Monkeypox and COVID-19 are different in many ways. Though relatively rare, monkeypox has been around for decades; indeed, it has become endemic to parts of central and western Africa. There is already a vaccine that can prevent infection and research to show that monkeypox typically spreads via close or prolonged physical contact with an infectious person or their bodily fluids—meaning, based on what researchers know now, it probably won’t spread as widely or as fast as SARS-CoV-2, which can travel invisibly through the air.
Nonetheless, there has been some deja vu as monkeypox cases tick upward, reaching 780 i...
Source: TIME: Health - June 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Orthopoxvirus Infections (Including Smallpox and Monkeypox)
Contains information on orthopoxviruses, which are a genus of DNA viruses that infect humans and animals. The most well known member is variola virus, which causes smallpox. Also contains information on monkeypox virus which is endemic in parts of Africa and has caused several outbreaks around the world. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Monkeypox Transmission May Have Gone Undetected 'For Some Time'
[UN News] Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Disease outbreaks coming faster, spreading more, says WHO
'Ecological pressure' is driving an increase in endemic diseases, not just monkeypox, says Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/World Source Type: news
Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’
Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - June 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Is the Covid pandemic finally nearing its end? | Aris Katzourakis
The virus ’s behaviour in highly vaccinated countries may offer clues to our future with the diseaseAris Katzourakis is a professor in viral evolution at Oxford UniversityMore than two years on from the realisation that we are dealing with a novel pandemic, we are still nervously wondering what comes next. In the UK, Covid infection ratesappear to have fallen to theirlowest level since the summer of 2021, as has the number of deaths the virus is causing, but we know that new variants are still likely to emerge. So when will the end of this pandemic come, and what might it look like?This is a very difficult question, beca...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Aris Katzourakis Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science Microbiology Medical research World news Source Type: news
Nigeria: Monkeypox - WHO Experts Speak On Risk Factor, As Cases Rise to 257
[Premium Times] On a separate log, five African countries were listed under countries endemic for monkeypox, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo topped the chart with 1284 infections and 58 deaths between January 1 to May 8, 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Causes of workplace violence against medical staff as perceived by physicians and nurses in Jordanian public hospitals - Shiyab A, Ababneh RI, Shyyab Y.
This study investigates the perceived main causes of workplace violence (medical staff, administrative, patients, patient's escorts and legis... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Monkeypox outbreak reaches 257 confirmed cases worldwide, WHO says
The World Health Organization has received reports of 257 confirmed monkeypox cases and about 120 suspected cases in 23 nations where the virus is not endemic as of Thursday, it said in a Sunday update. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Monkeypox patients advised to avoid contact with pets for three weeks
UK experts urge confirmed cases to avoid handling household pets as precautionary measurePeople with monkeypox have been told to avoid contact with their pets for three weeks amid concerns the animals could become infected and pass the virus on to other people.Monkeypox is caused by a viral infection and can be found in animals including rodents and monkeys, as well as in humans. It is typically found in central and western Africa, however in recent weeks there has been asurge in human cases in countries where the disease is not endemic, including the UK.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 27, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Infectious diseases Medical research Science Pets Life and style Cats Dogs Animals World news Microbiology England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Health Health policy Politics UK news Society Public services policy Source Type: news
