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MonkeyPox: WHO set to rename disease based on existing variants

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|Date: June 15, 2022
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MonkeyPox: WHO set to rename disease based on existing variants

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming Monkeypox and its varian ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming Monkeypox and its variants. It is also putting in place a mechanism to help share available vaccines, more equitably, a ...

June 15, 2022
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UN issues fresh alert on food insecurity in Ukraine after three-month war

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|Date: June 04, 2022
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UN issues fresh alert on food insecurity in Ukraine after three-month war

United Nations (UN) humanitarians on Friday, June 3, issued a fresh alert amid rising and alarming levels ...

United Nations (UN) humanitarians on Friday, June 3, issued a fresh alert amid rising and alarming levels of food insecurity after 100 days of the war in Ukraine. Humanitarians have continued to push ...

June 04, 2022
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WHO sets out response to monkeypox

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|Date: June 01, 2022
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WHO sets out response to monkeypox

Informing the public about monkeypox, isolating the infected, and organizing effective contact tracing an ...

Informing the public about monkeypox, isolating the infected, and organizing effective contact tracing and monitoring are the best ways to contain the spread of the virus, the World Health Organizatio ...

June 01, 2022
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NCDC denies existence of labs engineering monkeypox

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|Date: May 31, 2022
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NCDC denies existence of labs engineering monkeypox

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has refuted a social media rumour that Nigeria has laborat ...

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has refuted a social media rumour that Nigeria has laboratories where monkeypox virus is produced. This was issued in a statement on Tuesday, May 31, by ...

May 31, 2022
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WHO: Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health

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|Date: May 30, 2022
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WHO: Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overal ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overall public health at the global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is ...

May 30, 2022
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No need for mass vaccination against monkeypox – WHO

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|Date: May 28, 2022
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No need for mass vaccination against monkeypox – WHO

There is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox but contact tracing and isolation remain essentia ...

There is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox but contact tracing and isolation remain essential to contain the outbreak, Rosamund Lewis, the head of the World Health Organization’s smallpox ...

May 28, 2022
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Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, says WHO officials

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|Date: May 24, 2022
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Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, says WHO officials

An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading throu ...

An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases across at least a dozen countries ...

May 24, 2022
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WHO Chief warns COVID-19 Pandemic is not over

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|Date: May 23, 2022
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WHO Chief warns COVID-19 Pandemic is not over

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” underscoring that governments will put themselves and their peop ...

May 23, 2022
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Smallpox vaccines can be 85% effective against monkeypox: WHO

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|Date: May 23, 2022
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Smallpox vaccines can be 85% effective against monkeypox: WHO

Data shows, vaccines that were used to eradicate smallpox are up to 85 percent effective ag ...

Data shows, vaccines that were used to eradicate smallpox are up to 85 percent effective against monkeypox, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). There isn't a specifi ...

May 23, 2022
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Monkeypox FAQ: Symptoms, treatment and vaccines explained

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|Date: May 21, 2022
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Monkeypox FAQ: Symptoms, treatment and vaccines explained

An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in Europe - with cases also reported in the United State ...

An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in Europe - with cases also reported in the United States, Canada, and Australia - has raised red flags worldwide, even as these and other nations stil ...

May 21, 2022
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