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Delete the K in Monkeypox

Commentary In a move that is sure to trigger widespread discussion concerning the independence, objectivity, and wisdom of granting authority to the World Health Organization to manage global infectious diseases responses, the monkeypox outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO. The declaration was made unilaterally, in direct…


Fauci: Emergency Declaration for Monkeypox Under ‘Active Consideration’

The federal government is actively considering making an emergency declaration for monkeypox, according to White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci. Speaking Tuesday in a CNN interview, Fauci told CNN that an emergency declaration on the virus is “something that’s obviously under active consideration.” He made the comment when asked by CNN about whether such a…


‘Should Not Expect’ Monkeypox to Stay Within LGBT Population, Senior WHO Officials Warns

A senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) has forewarned that monkeypox virus infections are likely to spread beyond the LBGT community in a matter of time. The warning by Dr. Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at the WHO, comes after the United Nations health agency declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international…


First Case of Monkeypox Detected in Japan From Europe

One case of monkeypox has been identified in Tokyo, Japan’s Health Ministry and the Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed on Monday. The case involved a man in his 30s who had recently returned from Europe. The ministry said the patient had close contact with someone who was later diagnosed with monkeypox before returning to Tokyo in…


Lawmaker: Possible Threat Targeting US DNA; Monkeypox Vaccine Considered a Clinical Trial | NTD News Today

Over a thousand illegal immigrants died crossing the southern border into the U.S. since President Biden took office. That trend is increasing. A U.S. lawmaker, warning Americans about sharing their DNA with testing services, saying foreign adversaries could access it to create bioweapons. A WHO official admits that monkeypox vaccine distribution is being treated as…


Canada Confirms 681 Monkeypox Cases As WHO Declares Global Emergency

A total of 681 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed across five provinces in Canada, while the numbers are expected to rise as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” amid the global virus outbreak. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in a July 23 statement…


CDC Director: Monkeypox Strikes Children on Opposite Coasts of US

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that two U.S. children have contracted the monkeypox virus, saying that the children can be traced back to people from the “gay men’s community.” “Both of those children are traced back to individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men’s community,”…


WHO Admits Everyone Who Gets Monkeypox Vaccine Part of ‘Clinical Trial’ to Collect Data

A top World Health Organization (WHO) official conceded that everyone who gets a monkeypox vaccine is essentially part of a “clinical trial” to collect information on whether the shot is effective. The comments came as the agency’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overruled a WHO advisory panel and declared monkeypox a global health emergency, which is the…


Monkeypox Joins COVID-19 as Global Health ‘Emergency,’ WHO Says

Monkeypox has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), joining COVID-19, which the international agency continues to label as such nearly two and a half years after it was first declared. “I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO Director-General Tedros…


EU Drug Regulator Recommends Clearing Bavarian Nordic Vaccine for Monkeypox

LONDON—The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox. The European Union drug regulator said its recommendation was based on animal studies that suggest the vaccine protects non-human primates from monkeypox. It is up to the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, to formally…