Fri 27 May 2022: World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said there is no need for mass vaccination campaigns against monkeypox but called for ramped-up efforts to contain its spread in non-endemic countries. “We think if we put the right measures in place now we can contain it easily,” Sylvie Briand, WHO’s director for global […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: An experimental Mirati Therapeutics Inc drug that targets a specific genetic mutation shrank tumors in 44% of advanced lung cancer patients in clinical trials, the company said on Thursday. The 132 patients, who had stopped responding to previous therapy, were given once daily adagrasib in early and mid-stage studies. The oral medication is designed to target a mutated form […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries with 110 confirmed cases and a further 205 suspected cases. It’s a fast-moving story, so if you need to catch up on the latest, here are answers to some of the most pressing questions. How is monkeypox spreading? […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus broke into tears Tuesday making a speech in Geneva after he was reelected to head the world health agency for a second five-year term. The celebration was marred when his country of Ethiopia, and neighboring Eritrea refused to accept a congratulatory speech that was to […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: The monkeypox disease does not spread easily between people, the EU health agency said on Monday. “Human-to-human transmission occurs through close contact with infectious material from skin lesions of an infected person, through respiratory droplets in prolonged face-to-face contact, and through fomites,” the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) […]
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Sun 22 May 2022: US President Joe Biden on Sunday said “everybody should be concerned” about monkeypox. “They (health advisers) haven’t told me the level of exposure yet, but it is something that everybody should be concerned about. “We’re working on it hard to figure out what we do and what vaccine, if any, may […]
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Sun 22 May 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a series of measures against the further spread of monkeypox. “The identification of confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox without any travel history to an endemic area in multiple countries is atypical, hence, there is an urgent need to raise awareness about monkeypox […]
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Sat 01 May 2022: As the virus spreads across Europe, a top European health expert has warned that cases of the rare monkeypox virus could increase in the coming months, The Guardian reporetd. “As we enter the summer season… with mass gatherings, festivals, and parties, I am concerned that transmission could accelerate,” said Hans Kluge, […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: The Iberian Peninsula is home to Europe’s two largest confirmed monkeypox outbreaks, with Spain reporting 30 cases and Portugal reporting 23 as of Friday. The largest outbreak is presently in Madrid, with 30 cases confirmed by PCR and another 15 under investigation. According to Madrid’s health minister, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, contact […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: Following North American and European countries, Australian officials verified a confirmed case of monkeypox infection on Friday (May 20). A traveller who had recently returned from the United Kingdom was found to have the disease. Authorities have indicated that another such case is being investigated. Another individual suffered a mild illness, […]
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