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Mass making of monkeypox vax seen

The Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)  on Monday said the World Health Organization’s (WHO) move declaring monkeypox as a global health emergency might lead to...

DOH: We’re prepared for monkeypox

The Department of Health said Sunday it has been preparing for the monkeypox virus ever since an uptick in cases was reported in other...

WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 17,000 people in 74 countries, to be a global health...

Is Monkeypox global health emergency? WHO to decide

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency—the highest...

‘Severe’ pain: a New Yorker’s experience of monkeypox

"It was the worst pain that I have experienced in my life," says 26-year-old New Yorker Kyle Planck, recalling his recent monkeypox infection. Although anyone...

Monkeypox, dengue loom over PH

Immunocompromised persons, children, pregnant women, and the elderly are at high risk of contracting monkeypox, a health expert said Tuesday. But the overall risk of...

WHO: Vigilance vs. monkeypox

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for vigilance to ensure monkeypox does not spread among more vulnerable groups, such as children. Fighting the...

US ramps up monkeypox vaccination campaign, releasing 56,000 doses

US health authorities said Tuesday they were immediately releasing 56,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine -- five times the number distributed so far -- to...

WHO: Monkeypox a deeply evolving threat

The World Health Organization's chief said the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently constitute a global health emergency. WHO...

WHO says monkeypox not currently a global health emergency

The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently constitute a global...

No monkeypox detected in PH so far—DOH

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday said there has been no confirmed case of monkeypox in the Philippines so far. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...

Monkeypox vax maker ready for orders

As the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, Danish company Bavarian Nordic has seen its order book fill up as the usually...

PH can now detect cases of monkeypox

The Department of Health (DOH) has developed a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect possible monkeypox virus cases in the country. In an...

Preparing for monkeypox

"But many of the recent transmissions were due to sexual contact between two males which seems to add a new dimension to how the...
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