Monkey pox

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Health

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

The vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic — will be available this year, Gavi said, without giving any specific dates

FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Health

World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: Vaccine alliance

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
World+Biz

WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa and beyond

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox. Photo: REUTERS
Health

One dead as monkeypox outbreak hits South Africa

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
World+Biz

WHO maintains public health emergency alert for mpox

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Health

Monkeypox can spread to pet dogs, doctors report

Hindustan Times
World+Biz

Monkeypox: WHO creates forum, asks public to propose new name for virus

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Health

Three labs designated for monkeypox test

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South Asia

India reports first monkeypox death

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World+Biz

Spain reports first monkeypox-related death in Europe

Mock-up vials labeled "Monkeypox vaccine" are seen in this illustration taken, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
World+Biz

WHO reports two new monkeypox deaths

Muhammad Morshed. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Monkeypox: How worried should we be?

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
World+Biz

Test makers target monkeypox market as cases surge