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Monkeypox: WHO lifts maximum alert level
Almost a year after the start of its outbreak outside endemic areas, the monkeypox epidemic appears sufficiently ebb and controlled to raise the maximum level of alert, the WHO decided…
Public Health reports new cases of monkeypox diagnosed in Montreal
A month almost to the day after the Ministry of Health and Social Services officially announced the end of the outbreak of monkeypox in Quebec, two new cases have appeared…
WHO hopes Covid-19 and monkeypox pandemics will end in 2023
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World Health Organization renames monkeypox mpox
Monkey pox – monkeypox in English – will be called mpox, including in other languages, the World Health Organization announced on Monday. The two names will coexist for a period…
WHO changes official name for monkeypox
Monkey pox – monkeypox in English – will be called mpox, including in other languages, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday. • Read also: A monkeypox test from…
Over 70,000 cases of monkeypox recorded worldwide
More than 70,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded since the start of the epidemic in May, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday, while calling for caution even…
A probable case of monkeypox detected in a child in Montreal
A probable case of monkeypox has been detected in a toddler in Montreal, a first in Canada, according to experts who disagree on the potential impact of this new development…
Ontario Expanding Access to Monkeypox Vaccine
Ontario has expanded access to the monkeypox vaccine to a wider diversity of groups within the larger LGBTQ+ community as well as sex workers. New guidelines from the Department of…
21% reduction in recorded cases of monkeypox, according to WHO
The WHO said Thursday it had observed a 21% reduction in new cases of monkeypox identified last week worldwide, with the start of a slowdown in the epidemic in Europe.…
True or false Is the vaccination campaign against monkeypox too slow to control the epidemic, as Sandrine Rousseau asserts?
Concern is mounting within associations and among practitioners, but also among opposition politicians: the vaccination campaign against monkeypox would slip, not allowing the epidemic to be controlled. The Minister of…
Now more cases of monkeypox in Ontario than in Quebec
Montreal is no longer the epicenter of the monkeypox pandemic in Canada, federal public health confirmed Friday. 511 cases have been reported in Ontario, compared to 426 in Quebec. These…
a regional monkeypox control plan
ARS IDF (Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency) has put in place a regional monkeypox control plan. It is based on four essential points. Since May 31, the date of the first…
United States declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
The United States declared a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak on Thursday, a move that is expected to free up funds, facilitate data collection and deploy more personnel…
Seen, read and verified | Has misinformation crept in around monkeypox?
Yes. They are falsely portrayed as having monkeypox on social media, due to marks on the skin. They suffer the consequences. But no, they are not. With the rise in…
Better understand | What you need to know about monkeypox
On July 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alert level for monkeypox in the face of the rise in cases by declaring a “public health emergency of international…
To nip monkeypox in the bud
PHOTO CHRISTINNE MUSCHI, REUTERS ARCHIVES While the speed with which our health authorities responded to monkeypox is startling, it is possible—and desirable—to improve our performance. Alexandre Sirois The Press We…
International AIDS Conference | Parallels drawn with monkeypox
A session on monkeypox added at the last minute to the International AIDS Conference at the Palais des Congrès has drawn heated parallels with the AIDS pandemic. Here too, treatment…
Experts criticize global response to monkeypox
Scientists and activists attending the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal on Sunday urged governments around the world to allocate more resources to fight the monkeypox epidemic. International experts had met…
24th International AIDS Conference | Experts criticize global response to monkeypox
(Montreal) Scientists and activists attending the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal on Sunday urged governments around the world to allocate more resources to fight the monkeypox epidemic. Posted at 4:24…
Second death of a patient infected with monkeypox in Spain
A second person with monkeypox has died in Spain, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday, the day after the announcement of the first death in the country of a…