Monkeypox

New Delhi : Even as the health experts from around the globe have been stressing on the need to implement ring vaccination among the people at risk with monkeypox, a new study, not peer-reviewed yet, has claimed that the strategy may not be…

Los Angeles : The US government has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, more than a week after the World Health Organization qualified the outbreak as a global emergency. "We are prepared to take our response to the next level…

London : LGBT+ groups from across the political spectrum have joined forces to demand the UK government increase efforts to combat monkeypox or risk it becoming "endemic" in the country. The US on Thursday declared a public health…

Ottawa : The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 890 cases of monkeypox in the country.The health agency said that of the confirmed cases as of Wednesday, 423 cases are from Ontario, 373 from Quebec, 78 from British Columbia, 13 from…

Washington : More than 450 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in Texas, the second most populous state in the United States, according to the state's health department. Of the 454 Texans diagnosed with monkeypox on Tuesday, seven are…

Tokyo : Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox.The smallpox vaccine approved by the ministry is thought to be 85 per cent effective against monkeypox, health officials…

California : California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus in order to "bolster the state's vaccination efforts". "California is working urgently across all levels of…

New Delhi : Amid four deaths due to monkeypox outside Africa, including India, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the infectious disease is likely to lead to more fatalities. "With the continued spread of monkeypox, we…

New Delhi : The Centre has formed a task force to monitor monkeypox cases in the country.According to a source from the Union Health Ministry, the task force will also provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic…

Chennai : A 35-year-old man who arrived at Tiruchi airport on Friday and had a skin rash -- a symptom of monkeypox, is kept in isolation at Pudukkottai Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu.The man was sent to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial…