Kerala reports second Mpox case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala reports second Mpox case

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health department has confirmed Mpox on a 26-year-old youth who returned from UAE, in Ernakulam on Friday. This is the second Mpox cases in the state and third in the country this year. The department also plans to update the guidelines for prevention and effective treatment of Mpox in the state. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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Cluster of new mpox variant found in China: Know what it is
Trending News
1 day, 13 hours ago

Cluster of new mpox variant found in China: Know what it is

India Today  

Chinese health officials have detected a new mutated strain of mpox, called clade Ib, as the virus continues to spread to more countries. The World Health Organisation declared mpox a global public health emergency last year. Mpox spreads through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms along with pus-filled lesions on the skin. In August last year, the WHO declared mpox …

Monkeypox: Two positive cases reported in Kerala with travel history to THIS country
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Monkeypox: Two positive cases reported in Kerala with travel history to THIS country

India TV News  

Kerala's Health Minister Veena George announced on Wednesday that two cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the state. The two men, who had recently returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates, tested positive for the disease. Since 2022, 33 confirmed cases of Mpox – 17 from Kerala, 16 from Delhi – have been reported, he said in a …

Spread of Mpox under control
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Spread of Mpox under control

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In the fourth week of September, a man in his early 30s, accompanied by his wife, came to the outpatient department of the general medicine department at Rajagiri Hospital, Ernakulam. This, combined with the patient’s unusual symptoms and travel history, pointed to a possible case of mpox, a viral infection that had recently been reported in the region. The …

First US case of severe mpox strain reported in California
1 month, 3 weeks ago

First US case of severe mpox strain reported in California

The Independent  

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US reports ‘severe’ Monkeypox clade 1 variant: What do we know about this strain, symptoms and how to protect
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US reports ‘severe’ Monkeypox clade 1 variant: What do we know about this strain, symptoms and how to protect

Live Mint  

United States on Saturday said the first known case of a more severe strain of the monkeypox virus was reported in California. According to the California Department of Public Health, the patient contracted the clade 1 strain, the latest form of the monkeypox. The clade 1b variant has caused global concern because it seems to sp New Monkeypox strain threat …

Mpox symptoms you shouldn't ignore. Early signs and how to stay safe
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mpox symptoms you shouldn't ignore. Early signs and how to stay safe

India Today  

Health officials announced on Saturday that the first U.S. case of a new type of mpox, first seen in eastern Congo, has been confirmed. Earlier this year, a new form of mpox emerged in Africa, spreading through close contact, including sexual transmission. According to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, while it has spread widely in central and …

United States’ first known case of more severe strain of mpox confirmed in California
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

United States’ first known case of more severe strain of mpox confirmed in California

CNN  

CNN — The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. “The recent travel-associated clade I mpox cases outside of Africa have all been attributed to subclade Ib; there have been no deaths associated with these cases and available data for a …

First U.S. case of mpox variant reported in San Mateo County
1 month, 3 weeks ago

First U.S. case of mpox variant reported in San Mateo County

LA Times  

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe mpox variant has been confirmed in a person who had recently traveled to East Africa and was treated in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health announced Saturday. A less severe variant known as Clade II continues to circulate in the U.S., including in Los Angeles and San …

UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain
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2 months ago

UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain

China Daily  

Doctors in the United Kingdom are working to contain an outbreak of a new, more easily spreadable strain of the mpox virus. UK health officials said this week they have uncovered two additional cases of the new strain in London, among people who shared living space with a man who tested positive after returning from a trip to Central Africa, …

Two more UK cases of the new deadly strain of mpox are confirmed by health chiefs - with patients receiving specialist hospital care in London
2 months ago

Two more UK cases of the new deadly strain of mpox are confirmed by health chiefs - with patients receiving specialist hospital care in London

Daily Mail  

Two more people have caught the new deadly strain of monkeypox in the UK. The latest cases of Clade 1b mpox have been detected in household contacts of the first case, according to the UK Health Security Agency. A woman cares her baby suffering from a severe form of mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Vials of single doses …

Warning! Killer mpox strain is likely 'spreading undetected' in Britain, top virus experts warn - as first UK case sparks fears of outbreak
2 months, 1 week ago

Warning! Killer mpox strain is likely 'spreading undetected' in Britain, top virus experts warn - as first UK case sparks fears of outbreak

Daily Mail  

Mpox could be silently spreading in the UK, experts fear as officials scramble to contain a potential crisis. 'It is very likely that there are undetected cases of mpox clade 1b in the UK,' said Dr Azeem Majeed, a public health expert based at Imperial College London. But Professor Hunter noted, the new strain could 'pose a big problem' if …

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries where cases of new strain have been confirmed - including UK
2 months, 1 week ago

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries where cases of new strain have been confirmed - including UK

The Independent  

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First UK case of ultra-deadly monkeypox strain hits London patient
2 months, 1 week ago

First UK case of ultra-deadly monkeypox strain hits London patient

Daily Mail  

A case of the new deadly strain of monkeypox which has ripped through several African countries has been detected in London, the first in Britain. The patient is currently being treated by specialist staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London UKHSA said they are currently in conversation with their counterparts in the African nation for contact tracing purposes there …

Kerala reports second case of Mpox, 29-year-old man admitted in Kochi hospital
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala reports second case of Mpox, 29-year-old man admitted in Kochi hospital

Hindustan Times  

A 29-year-old man has tested positive for monkeypox and is currently under treatment in Kochi, confirmed Kerala health minister Veena George on Friday, making it the second case of the viral infection in the state in less than two weeks. An undated colorised transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles found within an infected cell, cultured in a laboratory. On …

Kerala to release Mpox prevention guidelines after man tests positive for fast-spreading Clade 1b strain
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala to release Mpox prevention guidelines after man tests positive for fast-spreading Clade 1b strain

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been identified that the 38-year-old man from Edavanna in Malappuram--who is under treatment for mpox--is infected with the Clade 1b strain of the virus, making him the first such case in the country. In a statement, the minister said that updated guidelines would be released for prevention and effective treatment of mpox in the state. She advised …

Kerala man tests positive for Mpox, 2nd case in country
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala man tests positive for Mpox, 2nd case in country

Hindustan Times  

A 38-year-old man who arrived in Kerala from Dubai last week tested positive for Mpox on Wednesday, health minister Veena George said on Wednesday. Kerala health minister Veena George Health officials said the man, resident of Edavanna in Malappuram district, reached the outpatient department of the Government Medical College Hospital in Manjeri on September 16 with symptoms of fever and …

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing

News 18  

A suspected case of monkeypox infection has been reported from Malappuram district of Kerala after a man who recently returned from abroad showed symptoms of the disease. A new case of monkeypox was reported last week from the national capital after a 26-year-old resident of Haryana’s Hisar tested positive for the virus and was admitted to Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital. …

After Nipah, suspected Mpox case surfaces in Kerala’s Malappuram
3 months, 3 weeks ago

After Nipah, suspected Mpox case surfaces in Kerala’s Malappuram

The Hindu  

A young man who returned from Dubai last week has been admitted to Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, in Malappuram district of Kerala with symptoms of Mpox. The suspected Mpox case has raised concerns even as the health authorities are fighting the Nipah scare in Malappuram district. A 24-year-old man studying in Bengaluru had died of Nipah at MES Medical …

First mpox case in India stable, isolated at Delhi hospital
4 months ago

First mpox case in India stable, isolated at Delhi hospital

Hindustan Times  

India’s first mpox patient, diagnosed with the disease on Monday, is currently isolated at a special facility at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Hospital and is undergoing treatment, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. “The man recently travelled from a country experiencing the ongoing mpox transmission and is currently isolated at a designated tertiary care facility. The Lok Nayak hospital has …

India says mpox case not linked to current global health emergency
4 months ago

India says mpox case not linked to current global health emergency

The Independent  

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India reports its first suspected monkeypox case
4 months ago

India reports its first suspected monkeypox case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A suspected case of Mpox, or monkeypox, has been reported from one of the designated hospitals to manage the disease in the country, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, adding that further investigations are currently underway to confirm the diagnosis in a man who has a history of travelling to one of the affected African countries. Health …

India’s first ‘suspected’ mpox case under probe, no cause for alarm: Centre
4 months ago

India’s first ‘suspected’ mpox case under probe, no cause for alarm: Centre

The Hindu  

A young male patient, who recently returned to India from a country with active Mpox transmission, has been identified as a suspected Mpox case, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. High death rate The World Health Organisation declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, due to the emergence of a new strain of the …

Suspected mpox case awaiting confirmation, says Health ministry
4 months ago

Suspected mpox case awaiting confirmation, says Health ministry

Hindustan Times  

The Union health ministry on Sunday said there is a suspected case of mpox reported from one of the designated hospitals to manage the disease in the country. “A young male patient, who recently travelled from a country currently experiencing Mpox transmission, has been identified as a suspect case of Mpox. The case is being managed in line with established …

Fifth case of mpox in Pakistan, another suspected: officials
4 months, 1 week ago

Fifth case of mpox in Pakistan, another suspected: officials

The Hindu  

The number of mpox cases in Pakistan has risen to five following confirmation of the virus in an air passenger at Peshawar while a suspected case of the deadly virus was detected in Karachi, health officials said on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Irshad Ali, Director, Public Health of the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said medical personnel at the airport …

Mpox outbreak: Isolation ward set up at Vijayawada hospital for people with mpox symptoms
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mpox outbreak: Isolation ward set up at Vijayawada hospital for people with mpox symptoms

The Hindu  

An isolation ward, comprising six beds, for people showing the symptoms of monkeypox has been set up at the new Government General Hospital in Vijayawada. It may be noted that the World Health Organisation declared mpox outbreaks in Congo and other places in Africa a global emergency 10 days back. Assistant Professor, General Medicine, GGH, Naga Chakravarthy, said the symptoms …

Gurugram Health Department Issues Mpox Alert, Health Officials Urge Caution; No Cases Reported Yet
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Gurugram Health Department Issues Mpox Alert, Health Officials Urge Caution; No Cases Reported Yet

News 18  

The Gurugram health department on Friday issued an alert regarding a potential outbreak of Mpox in the district. The report pointed out that no Mpox cases have been reported in the district, but since cases have occurred in Africa and other parts of the world and because Gurugram is a hub for international travellers, the Directorate of Health has instructed …

Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone launches India’s first indigenously developed Mpox RT-PCR kit
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone launches India’s first indigenously developed Mpox RT-PCR kit

The Hindu  

The Visakhapatnam-based Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone on August 24 announced a groundbreaking development in diagnostic technology by launching ‘ErbaMDx MonkeyPox RT-PCR Kit’. Developed in partnership with the Transasia Diagnostics Private Limited, the kit is the country’s first indigenously developed testing solution for Mpox, and is a part of the nation’s epidemic preparedness to manage any potential outbreak of the virus …

Mpox: The right mix of information, resources, diagnostics, therapeutics needed to control it
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mpox: The right mix of information, resources, diagnostics, therapeutics needed to control it

Hindustan Times  

On August 14, 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the current outbreak of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern. This is a status defined by the International Health Regulations indicating that the 2024 outbreak is “an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through …

Alert issued in Gurugram over possible Mpox threat
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Alert issued in Gurugram over possible Mpox threat

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram health department issued an alert about a potential outbreak of Mpox in the district on Friday. Mpox or monkey pox is an infectious viral disease.It can be serious and even fatal in some cases, but it is generally treatable with supportive care, and most people recover fully. “Preventive measures, including proper hygiene, avoiding contact with potentially infected animals, …

Does India need to be concerned about the global Mpox outbreak? | In Focus podcast
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Does India need to be concerned about the global Mpox outbreak? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Another public health emergency has hit the world, and this time it’s mpox, previously known as monkeypox. The outbreak is sweeping through west, central, and east African countries, and in the past few days, cases have also been reported closer home, in Pakistan and Thailand. While mpox has been around for decades, this time around, a deadlier and far more …

Argentina suspects first case of mpox as entire cargo ship quarantined
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Argentina suspects first case of mpox as entire cargo ship quarantined

The Independent  

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Mpox case found in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 4th in Pakistan
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox case found in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 4th in Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

Authorities in Pakistan on Monday reported a suspected case of Monkeypox in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, taking the number of people affected by the virus to four. A 47-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who recently returned to Pakistan from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, was admitted to Islamabad's Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences with mpox symptoms. Pakistan has taken precautions to tackle the …

Pakistan admits it cannot find mpox patient as tighter screening to be introduced at airports
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan admits it cannot find mpox patient as tighter screening to be introduced at airports

The Independent  

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Mpox Virus: Know about the outbreak and what it means for India
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox Virus: Know about the outbreak and what it means for India

Hindustan Times  

Mpox, earlier known as Monkeypox, is a viral infection caused by the mpox virus which belongs to the same family as smallpox. More than 100 cases of clade Ib have been reported in the four neighbouring countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo including Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. During the 2022 outbreak, India had seen multiple cases of clade …

WHO declares Mpox a global health emergency amid outbreak in Africa
4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO declares Mpox a global health emergency amid outbreak in Africa

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared Mpox as the public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations on Thursday, following an outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries in Africa. On top of outbreaks of other mpox clades in DRC and other countries in Africa, it’s clear that a coordinated international response …

New deadly mpox strain likely to be in UK already, says diseases expert
4 months, 3 weeks ago

New deadly mpox strain likely to be in UK already, says diseases expert

The Independent  

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Pakistan’s health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan’s health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant

Associated Press  

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan’s health ministry said Friday it has identified a case of mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new variant, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency. The case, in a man who had recently returned from a Middle Eastern country, is the first …

Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, days after WHO declared it a global health emergency
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, days after WHO declared it a global health emergency

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan has detected three cases of Mpox virus, previously known as monkeypox virus, the health department in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Friday, reported news agency Reuters. This comes two days after the World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency amid increasing cases of the disease in Africa. According to the director general of health services of Khyber …

Sweden confirms first case of mpox
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sweden confirms first case of mpox

CNN  

Stockholm CNN — Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox on Thursday, which was also the first case outside Africa, a day after the WHO declared the disease a global public health emergency for the second time in two years. The person was infected while staying in a part of Africa where there was a large outbreak …

World Health Organization declares ultra-deadly monkeypox strain a public health emergency of international concern
4 months, 3 weeks ago

World Health Organization declares ultra-deadly monkeypox strain a public health emergency of international concern

Daily Mail  

The World Health Organization today declared an ultra-deadly strain of monkeypox a global public health emergency. The DRC is home to a densely packed population that frequently travels and moves across borders, raising the risk the new mpox strain, which is spread through physical contact, would eventually spread beyond the country. CDC officials said that the latest rise in mpox …

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency for second time in two years
4 months, 4 weeks ago

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency for second time in two years

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared Mpox, formerly called monkeypox, as global public health emergency for the second time in two years. The WHO had earlier declared Mpox as global public health emergency in July 2022 when the outbreak had affected over 1 lakh people, mainly gay and bisexual men, in 116 countries, and killed nearly 200 …

Mpox outbreak: Symptoms, treatment, and status of outbreak explained
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Mpox outbreak: Symptoms, treatment, and status of outbreak explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries as a “global health emergency”. The current outbreak Mpox infections have been found closer home – Pakistan detected three patients with the virus, the health department in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Friday, August …

UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency
5 months ago

UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency

The Independent  

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Mpox outbreaks declared in Kenya and Central African Republic. The race is on to contain the spread
5 months, 1 week ago

Mpox outbreaks declared in Kenya and Central African Republic. The race is on to contain the spread

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of mpox as Africa’s health officials race to contain the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines. “We are very concerned about the cases of monkeypox, which is ravaging region 7 of the country,” the Central African Republic’s public health minister, Pierre Somsé, said Monday. …

Mpox is on the rise in L.A. County. Here’s how to avoid it
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox is on the rise in L.A. County. Here’s how to avoid it

LA Times  

Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares an mpox vaccine in August 2022 at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center in Los Angeles. New cases of mpox in Los Angeles County rose considerably in the last two weeks, local health officials said Monday. The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, spreads through “close contact with body fluids, sores, shared bedding or …

South Africa on high alert after Mpox death case
6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa on high alert after Mpox death case

China Daily  

Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. South Africa's health department on Wednesday announced plans to procure vaccines against the Mpox, virus formerly known as monkeypox after the country recorded its first confirmed death from the disease this week. While addressing a media briefing, Joe Phaahla, South Africa's minister of …

Queensland records 10 cases of mpox, formerly known as 'monkeypox', in state's biggest cluster in history
7 months, 1 week ago

Queensland records 10 cases of mpox, formerly known as 'monkeypox', in state's biggest cluster in history

ABC  

In short: There have been 10 cases of mpox in Queensland this month, but there's no evidence they're connected to a cluster in Victoria. Queensland has recorded 10 locally acquired cases of mpox this month in the state's biggest cluster of the virus. "There is some evidence that contaminated objects — particularly things like clothing, sheets, towels — that have …

Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says
1 year, 7 months ago

Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says

Associated Press  

LONDON — The World Health Organization said Thursday that the global outbreak of mpox, which initially baffled experts when the smallpox-related disease spread to more than 100 countries last year, is no longer an international emergency, after a dramatic drop in cases in recent months. Tedros said the novel way mpox was infecting people, via sexual contact in many countries …

Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says
1 year, 7 months ago

Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says

The Independent  

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