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No cases of mpox reported in TN yet: DPH
The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine assured that the State is equipped to handle any potential mpox cases.
TN health dept holds mpox review meet; King Institute approved as...
20 Aug 2024 3:11 PMDuring the meeting, health officials were asked to step up surveillance of potential mpox cases and conduct training programmes for doctors and...
Expert urges health officials to begin screening for Mpox at airports...
16 Aug 2024 2:33 PMThe latest outbreak due to the more virulent and deadly strain -- Clade 1b has also spread to Sweden. The WHO has warned of more cases in Europe.
Pakistani health ministry confirms a case of the new variant of mpox,...
16 Aug 2024 2:30 PMThe case, in a man who had recently returned from a Middle Eastern country, is only the second confirmed case of the new variant outside of Africa....
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's...
3 May 2024 5:32 PMIn a report on the global mpox situation this week, WHO said the new version of the disease might require a new testing strategy to pick up the...
Outbreak of Rare Mpox Variant Raises Concerns in Congo
2 May 2024 12:00 PMSince January, Congo has reported more than 4,500 suspected mpox cases and nearly 300 deaths, numbers that have roughly tripled from the same period...
Study decodes how mpox virus infiltrates brain cells
17 Feb 2024 11:00 AMThe virus is transmitted by skin or sexual contact or respiratory droplets, and this outbreak has mainly affected men who have sex with men.
UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country...
25 Nov 2023 8:00 AMMpox has been endemic in parts of central and west Africa for decades, where it mostly jumped into humans from infected rodents and caused limited...