MEDICINE & HEALTHHealth officials said that the threat of a monkeypox outbreak in West Virginia is extremely low after detecting the first probable monkeypox case in the state. Read the article for more details.
WHO plans a meeting this month to decide if the highest alarm for global public health risk should be announced due to the rising cases of the monkeypox disease. Read more about the plans from the organization and the measures they laid out to prevent further outbreaks.
The number of monkeypox cases worldwide is continuously rising, especially in Europe where France recently confirmed 330 cases and most were from Île-de-France. Continue reading for full details.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that around 30 non-endemic countries confirm more than 550 monkeypox cases. Read on to learn more details.
US health authorities are now looking into possible infection of the rare monkeypox in New York City. Read more about the monkeypox and the global outbreaks related to the disease.
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Pandemic is far from over, according to the World Health Organization despite a drop in the number of cases globally. Find out the reason the WHO has said so.
The whole world is looking forward to the end of the pandemic. Experts say though, that there are signs before it happens. Know more about these indications.
The containment of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the amount of medical waste around the world, which now causes great concern for human and environmental health.
The Omicron subvariant BA.2 has been detected in almost 50 countries in which more than 10,000 people are infected globally. Scientists are still monitoring this new variant while also understanding its immune escape and virulence.
The World Health Organization expert committee released new guidelines on human genome editing concluding that creating genetically modified babies is still a bad idea, proposing a framework for global governance of the technology.
South Africa has advanced laboratories working on COVID-19 where they also discovered the alarming new variant Omicron. Currently, it is driving most cases in the capital, and commercial hub of the country.
The Omicron COVID-19 variant has been identified as a variant of concern due to its increased risk of reinfection. Scientists are now working to understand how vaccines will work against this new variant.