Articles about Monkeypox

Monkeypox is a rare disease that's growing at a gradual pace raising concerns across the globe.

Delhi reported its fifth monkeypox case on Saturday after a woman hospitalized at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital tested positive, India Today reported.

India is likely to adopt a new strategy to battle the monkeypox virus.

The United States (US) authorities announced on Thursday that monkeypox has been designated a public health emergency in the country.

A 31-year-old foreign national tested positive for monkeypox on Wednesday, making her Delhi's fourth case of the virus.

Rajasthan on Monday reported its first suspected monkeypox case.

A 22-year-old man, who died in Kerala's Thrissur on Saturday, tested positive for monkeypox in the United Arab Emirates before traveling to India, said Kerala Health Minister Veena George.

Tensions rose in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district on Saturday after a suspected monkeypox case was reported.

Amid a global surge of monkeypox, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended bisexual men, who are most affected by the virus, to restrict their sexual partners.

Amid the rising monkeypox scare, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday they are in talks with American biotech company Novavax to develop a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine for it.

With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring monkeypox a "global public health emergency," many are now wondering if it will be the next epidemic India should worry about.

India reported its fourth monkeypox case on Sunday. The latest case has been detected in Delhi, reported ANI.

Sounding the highest level of alarm that it can on the monkeypox outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday declared it a global public health emergency.

With India reporting its second monkeypox case from Kerala on Monday, a high alert has been sounded in all the districts of the state.

India's second monkeypox case was reported from Kerala on Monday, according to officials.

Kerala government issued a state-wide alert for co-passengers of India's first monkeypox case on Friday.

Amid the surge in monkeypox cases in the United States, the White House said on Tuesday that it will start distributing the monkeypox vaccines across the country, with a focus on people most at risk and communities with the highest number of cases.

Amid surging monkeypox infections across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that there are more than 1,000 confirmed cases in 29 countries.

The sample of a five-year-old was collected for monkeypox testing as a precautionary measure after she complained of itching and rashes on her body, the chief medical officer (CMO) of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad told ANI on Saturday.

Amid a surge in monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued "Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease."

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said monkeypox poses a "moderate risk" to overall public health across the world.

With the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting 131 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 106 suspected cases in 19 countries, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon be releasing preventive guidelines.