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LOCALIZE IT: Tips for reporting on monkeypox, vaccines in US

The World Health Organization recently declared the expanding monkeypox outbreak a global emergency.

The Independent UK

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency

The European Commission has approved an existing smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared the virus to be a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm which the WHO can issue.

Radio France Internationale

Epidemiologists warn the U.S. reaches a critical moment to contain monkeypox

Cases in the U.S. are 10 times higher than they were a month ago. Researchers advise that the coming days and weeks will be crucial as to whether the outbreak can be contained.

WEKU

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Bangkok Post

Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here's what that means

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.

The Conversation

Biden ‘doing just fine’ after testing positive for Covid, White House says

Ashish Jha, coronavirus response coordinator, and physician Kevin O’Connor say president contracted BA.5 variant

The Guardian - US

Monkeypox explained: How to protect yourself and what to watch out for

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern. From how it spreads to preventive measures, here's what you need to know about the disease.

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Monkeypox Declared A Global Health Emergency By The Who

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO said the organisation’s committee had been unable to reach a consensus but still decided to call it an emergency.“We have an outbreak that has spread around the…

Evening Standard

Delhi reports first case of Monkeypox with no travel history

Delhi has reported the first case of Monkeypox in a 31-year-old man with no travel history, said Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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WHO chief overrules panel to call monkeypox global emergency

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

Tribune News Service

WHO chief overrules panel to declare monkeypox global emergency

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

Tribune News Service

UN Health Agency Chief Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A global emergency is WHO’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monkeypox is declared a global health emergency

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of World Health Organization, made the announcement today

Manchester Evening News

World Health Organization chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response.

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Monkeypox declared global emergency by World Health Organization after surge in cases

The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.

WEKU

The WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. The move is aimed at boosting coordination and sharing of resources and information among nations.

Reuters

WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

UN health agency declares monkeypox a global emergency

The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency

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WHO experts split on monkeypox emergency ahead of decision - sources

Members of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group are split over whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, but the agency's director-general may still issue the maximum alert on Saturday, two sources close to the decision told Reuters.

ABC News

NZ has mask mandates and isolation, but the Omicron daily death rate is still 'very concerning'

New Zealanders are required to wear masks in supermarkets and shopping malls as the country battles its second wave of Omicron infections, but experts want the government to go even further.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO to Decide on Sounding Highest Alarm on Monkeypox

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound. A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence of the…

The Independent UK

WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in Africa

As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, concerns about its value have come from an unlikely source: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer

The Independent UK

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

The World Health Organization is convening its emergency committee to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis

Miami Herald

What you need to know about dengue, who’s at risk and does it matter where you got bit?

As if COVID, monkeypox and triple-digit heat indices aren’t enough to make you consider sealing yourself inside an air-conditioned hazmat suit, the announcement by Florida’s health department that confirmed the first locally transmitted case of dengue in Miami-Dade County might be enough to get you asking about measurements for such…

The Guardian - AU

Why are there so many Omicron subvariants and why have BA.4 and BA.5 taken hold?

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