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8/15/2022 5:41:06 PM
British health officials say the monkeypox outbreak across the country ``shows signs of slowing'' but that it's still too soon to know if the decline will be maintained.
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Health
8/14/2022 12:24:27 PM
The World Health Organization says it’s holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.
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8/13/2022 5:09:18 PM
In November 1979, a little over a week after student militants seized control of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 American citizens hostage, President Jimmy Carter issued Executive Order 12170 declaring a national emergency against Iran.
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8/10/2022 9:20:39 PM
Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox.
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8/8/2022 5:27:22 PM
After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos. I assured them that Aug. 4, 2022, public health emergency declaration is about government resource allocation.
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Region
8/4/2022 10:46:59 PM
The United States on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that should free up new funds, assist in data gathering and allow the deployment of additional personnel in the fight against the disease.
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8/1/2022 7:10:21 PM
Indian authorities reported Asia's first possible monkeypox fatality on Monday after the death of a man who recently returned from United Arab Emirates testing positive.
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World
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7/31/2022 4:13:16 PM
Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city ``the epicenter'' of the outbreak.
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World
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International
7/30/2022 2:51:01 PM
Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning.
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7/30/2022 2:27:02 PM
The World Health Organization's European office said Saturday that more monkeypox-related deaths can be expected, following reports of the first fatalities outside Africa, while stressing that severe complications were still rare.
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World
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7/30/2022 2:26:31 PM
Spain on Saturday reported its second monkeypox-related death, one day after announcing what is believed to be the first fatality linked to the current outbreak in Europe.
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International
7/28/2022 10:16:14 PM
The country's monkeypox outbreak can still be controlled and eliminated, US health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so-far limited vaccine supplies.
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World
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7/27/2022 8:57:16 PM
After weeks of delays, nearly 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for distribution, US health regulators said Wednesday.
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7/27/2022 2:48:59 PM
New York City asked the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday to rename the monkeypox virus to avoid stigmatizing patients who might then hold off on seeking care.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/27/2022 10:37:00 AM
Egypt is on alert for monkeypox, though no cases have yet been detected.
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Health
7/25/2022 9:56:42 AM
The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday.
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World
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7/24/2022 4:45:39 PM
The White House said Sunday it was confident authorities could "eliminate" monkeypox from the United States by speeding up the rollout of vaccinations and treatment to combat the virus's spread.
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World
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International
7/23/2022 6:36:29 PM
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.
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World
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International
7/22/2022 2:28:58 PM
The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox, as the outbreak of the once-rare disease continues to sicken people across the continent.
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Health
7/18/2022 4:19:16 PM
Africa faces a growing threat from zoonotic diseases such as monkeypox, the WHO said, with the continent recording a 63-percent rise in such outbreaks over the past decade.
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