Tag: monkeypox

Argentina Reports 2 Cases of Monkeypox

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentina reported two cases of the monkeypox virus on Friday in men who had recently arrived from Spain, marking the first time the presence of the virus has been confirmed in Latin America during this latest outbreak. Argentina’s health ministry first confirmed a man from the province of Buenos Aires who had traveled…


WHO Asks Countries to Increase Surveillance for Monkeypox

About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday, urging countries to increase surveillance for the infectious disease. Monkeypox, a mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon,…


Monkeypox Vaccine Being Offered to Certain Close Contacts in United States

Health agencies in four U.S. states are now reportedly offering monkeypox vaccines only to at-risk close contacts as a new step in the country’s response to a string of outbreaks that has so far seen 13 cases in America and between 200 to 400 cases globally. The Bavarian Nordic-made Jynneos monkeypox vaccine is currently being…


Monkeypox Outbreak Has Spread to More Than 20 Countries: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it is investigating about 200 cases of monkeypox in 20 countries that are not generally known to suffer outbreaks of the rare, smallpox-like virus. Approximately 200 confirmed cases and more than 100 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported so far, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s COVID-19 technical…


Facts Matter (May 26): Wuhan Lab Assembled Monkeypox Strains Using Risky Method 3 Months Ago; Dangerous Experiments on H7N9 Virus

According to an exclusive report from Natalie Winters at the National Pulse, it turns out that the Wuhan Institute of Virology assembled a monkeypox virus genome that allowed the virus to be identified through PCR tests, but since the researchers said that there was no monkeypox in China, they did it using a method that artificially…


Texas School Shooter ‘Walked in Unobstructed’: Official; CDC Identifies 9 Monkeypox Cases | NTD Evening News

A Texas official on May 26 clarified that the shooter who killed 21 people at an elementary school was unobstructed when he entered the building. The official added that there was no armed officer on the campus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified nine cases of monkeypox, all of which have…


CDC Confirms More Monkeypox Cases Across US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday confirmed nine monkeypox cases across seven U.S. states. In a news briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky confirmed the number of cases. Previously, the World Health Organization has said that more than 200 suspected or confirmed cases of the virus have been found in more than…


US Officials Now Offering Monkeypox Vaccines to Certain People Who Were Exposed

Federal officials confirmed that a vaccine for the monkeypox virus is now being offered to health care workers who have been exposed, according to a White House official. “I’m happy to report, even with the first case in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital, our colleagues across the government have been able to get vaccines to…


Spain’s Monkeypox Case Tally Rises to 84, Health Ministry Says

MADRID/LISBON—Spanish health authorities reported 25 new cases of monkeypox on Thursday, bringing the total tally of infections in one of the main hot spots of the recent outbreak to 84. The Health Ministry, which now considers all non-human-origin pox infections as monkeypox after a positive test while before only counting those confirmed by sequencing, also…


1st Monkeypox Case Confirmed in Wales

One monkeypox case has been identified in Wales, Public Health Wales (PHW) said on Thursday. It comes after Scotland confirmed its first case of the disease on Monday. The total number of announced confirmed cases in the UK is now 79—with 77 of them detected in England and none in Northern Ireland—although the UK Health Security Agency…