US health authorities have confirmed cases of monkeypox in children for the first time. They are a California toddler and a non-US resident infant, according to the official release. The two cases are not related to each other and – according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – these are probably intra-familial […]
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EMA approved monkeypox vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said today it has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine in humans to expand its use against the spread of monkeypox, which could mark the WHO’s highest alert level. The EMA’s green light comes as the world awaits the results of experts after a meeting yesterday, Thursday, of the […]
CDC: 1,053 cases of monkeypox in the US
There have been 1,053 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, according to the latest figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the total 43 US states where cases of the virus have been recorded, most (161) come from California, with New York (159) and Illinois (152) following on […]
WHO monkeypox emergency committee to meet on 21/7
The World Health Organization’s monkeypox emergency committee will meet next Thursday to determine what measures to take against the current outbreak of the disease, the agency said today. The committee will mainly decide on the seriousness of the resurgence of monkeypox cases, and whether to designate it a “public health emergency”, the agency’s highest level […]
St. Kyriakidou: Belgium received 3,040 vaccines for monkey pox
3,040 monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Belgium, sudinfo website reports, citing information from the Belga news agency. “This is a tangible result of the European Health Union”, underlined the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakidou, the website notes. Ms. Kyriakidou points out that “thanks to the rapid response of the European Health Emergency […]
WHO: Two new deaths from monkeypox
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported two more monkeypox deaths since its last update on June 27, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease since the start of the year to three, and announced that the disease has spread to new areas. The report also states that cases of monkeypox have been reported […]
WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases in 58 countries
More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries during the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an online news conference from Geneva that the UN agency will reconvene a committee meeting to recommend declaring the outbreak a global health emergency, the […]
WHO: Over 5,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now recorded 5,322 confirmed cases of monkeypox, up more than 50% since the previous tally on June 22, and a single death from the disease, an agency spokesman said today. “The WHO continues to ask countries to pay special attention to monkeypox outbreaks in an effort to reduce infections,” […]
