The World Health Organisation (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared the mpox outbreak as a “global health emergency” The mpox or monkeypox outbreak has affected over 115 countries, and is the worst in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries. The outbreak first started in 2022. The WHO decided to change the name of … Read more
July 14, 2022 – People with monkeypox face a wide range of symptoms, from mild skin lesions to severe, debilitating pain. And experts have no reliable way yet to predict who will have the worst symptoms. There is an antiviral treatment, tecovirimat (TPOXX), but it’s only available from the Strategic National Stockpile at the moment. … Read more
The World Health Organization might not have declared monkeypox an emergency yet but health experts around the world are vigilantes. A study has now revealed that the virus is continuing to evolve with small alterations in its genetic code, minor gene variants, and a deleted gene. What researchers found about new strains developing in virus … Read more
As the World Health Organisation convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic. … Read more
By Dr Tarun Sahni How big is the monkeypox scare? Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral zoonotic disease which can spread from animals to humans. It is commonly found in central and west Africa where there are tropical rainforests and where animals that may carry the virus typically … Read more
Samples collected from people suspected to have Monkeypox would be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV)-Pune for tests. According to reports, citing an interim advisory issued by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao has asked Health teams to be alert about people with an unexplained … Read more
Amid the Monkeypox outbreak which has been reported in nearly 20 countries, no suspected cases of the disease have been detected in India so far. According to a health expert on Wednesday, Monkeypox is not as contagious as COVID-19 which wreaked havoc across the world. “Monkeypox is not as contagious or severe as COVID. However, … Read more
The Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia have registered their first cases of monkeypox, health authorities said Tuesday. In the Czech Republic, the disease was detected in a man at Prague’s Military University Hospital, according to Pavel Dlouhy, head of the Czech Society for Infectious Diseases. “It was only a question of time, we have been … Read more