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Mexico confirms 1st monkeypox case

Health officials in Mexico confirmed Saturday the country's first known case of monkeypox, in a 50-year-old US resident being treated in Mexico City. The man,...

WHO alert up on monkeypox

Notes ‘unusual’ spread of virus, warns situation could turn serious Geneva—The World Health Organization cautioned Friday (Saturday in Manila) that some 200 monkeypox cases found...

DOH eyes purchase of antivirals, vaccines against monkeypox

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said it was eyeing the purchase of antivirals and vaccines against monkey pox. Monkeypox vaccination is not yet...

DOH designates isolation facilities as monkeypox spreads fast abroad

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) will be the main isolation facility for suspect, probable, and confirmed monkeypox cases, the Department of Health...

Canada says 15 cases of monkeypox in Quebec, more expected

Health authorities in Canada said Tuesday they had identified 10 new cases of monkeypox in Quebec, bringing the total number to 15, with additional...

Monkeypox can be halted, says WHO, PH DOH

Geneva—The monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries can be contained and human-to-human transmission of the virus stopped, the World Health Organization said Monday. Fewer than 200...

Monkeypox can be stopped outside endemic countries: WHO

The monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries can be contained and human-to-human transmission of the virus stopped, the World Health Organization said Monday. Fewer than 200...

‘No need to shut PH borders amid monkeypox rash’

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday rejected proposals to close down the country’s borders amid the threat of the monkeypox virus. “The closing of...

Monkeypox: a rare disease with low fatality rates

Paris—Several cases of monkeypox have been detected in North America and Europe since early May, sparking concern that the disease, endemic in parts of...

Monkeypox virus in Singapore

Singapore"•Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought to have contracted the rare virus by eating...
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