Monkeypox

Case numbers in the global monkeypox outbreak have now topped 70,000, the WHO announced Wednesday as it warned that declining new cases did not mean people should drop their guard.…

A senior Chinese health official advised people to avoid contact with foreigners to prevent monkeypox infection after the first known case of the virus on mainland China was reported. “To…

The antiviral drug tecovirimat (TPOXX) could become ineffective against the monkeypox virus as a result of overuse, US health officials have warned. Tecovirimat is currently the only drug that is…

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There…

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country’s Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this…

European countries could stretch out their limited stocks of the monkeypox vaccine by changing the way the shot is administered as a temporary measure, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said…

The Ogun State government, yesterday, confirmed four new cases of Monkey Pox, bringing the total of cases recorded in the state to seven. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker,…

The Ebonyi State Government has confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox disease in the state. Ebonyi Commissioner of health, Dr Daniel Umezurike made the confirmation in Abakaliki on Tuesday while handing…

Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22 or Mpox: these some of the ideas sent in by the public to the World Health Organization as it seeks a new name for monkeypox. Often disease…

The number of monkeypox cases has risen to 157 in the country, according to health authorities. In its situation report for week 30, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…