EXPLAINER: Can the spread of monkeypox be stopped?
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Can the spread of monkeypox be stopped?

Associated Press  

LONDON — Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox. Last week, British scientists said there were “early signs” the monkeypox cases in the U.K. — which once had the world’s biggest outbreak outside Africa — had peaked. WHO’s Tedros recommended that men at risk of catching monkeypox consider making “safe choices” and reducing their sexual partners “for the moment.” Britain’s Health Security Agency has advised people to check themselves for monkeypox lesions before they have sex or go to a social event, noting that most of the country’s cases are believed to have originated at festivals, saunas and other venues where sex has taken place. The acting director of Africa’s top public health agency said last week that sex among gay and bisexual men was “not relevant” to the continent’s outbreak, with about 40% of cases among women. “There is some crossover between the sexual networks of gay and bisexual men and networks of heterosexual people with high sexual activity, so it is possible we could see monkeypox more widely,” said Dr. Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia.

History of this topic

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3 months, 1 week ago
Monkeypox cases in Guangdong detailed in study
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
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4 months, 1 week ago
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4 months, 1 week ago
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
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1 year ago
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1 year, 1 month ago
WHO confirms monkeypox spreads sexually in DR Congo amid outbreak
1 year, 1 month ago
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1 year, 7 months ago
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1 year, 7 months ago
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1 year, 7 months ago
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2 years ago
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2 years, 1 month ago
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2 years, 1 month ago
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2 years, 3 months ago
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2 years, 3 months ago
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