‘Engendered Stigma’: CNN Medical Correspondent Praises WHO’s Monkeypox Name Change
‘Engendered Stigma’: CNN Medical Correspondent Praises WHO’s Monkeypox Name Change Harold Hutchison on November 28, 2022 A CNN medical correspondent praised the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday for announcing it would change…
U.S. FDA authorizes Roche’s monkeypox test
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization to Roche’s test for the detection of DNA from monkeypox virus in swab specimens collected from people suspected of the…
Los Angeles reports area’s first death due to monkeypox
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Department of Public Health said on Monday it had confirmed the area’s first death due to monkeypox, saying the individual was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized.…
U.S. starts enrollment in trial testing Siga’s antiviral for monkeypox
(Reuters) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Friday it had started enrolling monkeypox patients in a late-stage study testing Siga Technologies Inc’s antiviral pill Tpoxx against the disease. The…
U.S. starts enrollments in trial testing smaller dosage of monkeypox vaccine
(Reuters) – The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it had started enrollments in a trial testing an alternative method of administering Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos, which requires smaller dosages.…
Monkeypox apathy will ‘condemn people to suffer,’ Latin American activists say
By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Gay rights activists from across Latin America have called for the region’s governments to take firm steps to prevent the spread of monkeypox, saying a…
Texas reports first U.S. death in person with monkeypox
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Texas on Tuesday reported the first death in a severely immunocompromised person who was diagnosed with monkeypox, according to state health department officials. The case is…
CDC chief says few in the U.S. getting full monkeypox vaccine series
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON -Very few people who have gotten monkeypox shots in the United States have received the second dose needed for full protection, U.S. Centers for Disease…
U.S. monkeypox cases may be peaking, experts say
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Monkeypox cases in some large U.S. cities appear to be declining, matching trends seen in Europe, and experts are cautiously optimistic the outbreak may have peaked…
Analysis-Experts question reliance on monkeypox vaccine with little data, short supply
By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – A reliance on vaccines in short supply and questions over their best use are hampering efforts to curb the global spread of monkeypox…
EU backs changing monkeypox vaccine injection method to boost supply
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – European countries could stretch out limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday.…
‘Do Not Kiss, Hug, Cuddle Or Have Sex’: One Of The Wokest School Districts Issues Monkeypox Guidelines
‘Do Not Kiss, Hug, Cuddle Or Have Sex’: One Of The Wokest School Districts Issues Monkeypox Guidelines Reagan Reese on August 18, 2022 A Virginia school district issued monkeypox guidelines on Thursday…
Phil Murphy Attacks Monkeypox Discrimination
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is issuing a warning to anyone who dares to discriminate against those who contract the Monkeypox virus. The virus, according to the World Health…
U.S. to provide states with up to 442,000 Jynneos doses to combat monkeypox
(Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Monday it will provide states with up to 442,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine to combat the outbreak of monkeypox disease. The allocation, as part…
FDA chief backs alternate method for injecting Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox shot
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief on Thursday defended a plan to administer Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox shot intradermally after the company raised doubts about the safety of the method,…
Europe to consider “dose-sparing” to increase monkeypox vaccine, WHO seeks trials
By Natalie Grover and Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Health officials in Europe are discussing whether to follow a move by the United States to stretch out scarce monkeypox vaccine supplies, with the…
Drugmaker Gilead to help fund monkeypox education for LGBTQ+ groups
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Drugmaker Gilead Sciences plans to announce on Tuesday that it will provide up to $5 million in grants to help a coalition of LGBTQ+ and human rights…
Explainer: Monkeypox in the U.S. – Where could it spread next?
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak. The virus continues to be…
Explainer-How worried should we be about the monkeypox health emergency?
(Reuters) – The United States declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may increase health agency access to funds and allow the government new avenues for increasing production…
African monkeypox cases not concentrated among gay men, experts say
JOHANNESBURG – Monkeypox outbreaks in Africa are not concentrated among gay men, unlike in other parts of the world, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa CDC said on…
U.S. regulators defend requiring more data on monkeypox drug
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – As U.S. monkeypox cases rise, U.S. health agencies in a medical journal article published on Wednesday defended their decision to require human trial data to show that…
Sudan reports first confirmed Monkeypox case – ministry
(Reuters) – Sudan reported its first confirmed Monkeypox case, the country’s health ministry said late on Sunday. A 16-year-old student was confirmed sick with the disease in West Darfur state, the ministry…
‘Painful And Racist History’: NYC Health Czar Demands That WHO Rename Monkeypox
‘Painful And Racist History’: NYC Health Czar Demands That WHO Rename Monkeypox Harold Hutchison on July 27, 2022 New York City’s top public health official told the World Health Organization (WHO) to…
U.S., EU clear manufacturing plant for Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox vaccine
(Reuters) -Drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said U.S. and European regulators have approved the use of Jynneos vaccine doses made at the company’s plant in Denmark as global efforts to tackle the monkeypox outbreak…
EU urges intensified effort to combat monkeypox
BRUSSELS – The European Commission urged the 27 EU members on Wednesday to take a more forceful and coordinated approach towards monkeypox now that the World Health Organization has declared it a…
U.S. may require nearly $7 billion to combat monkeypox outbreak – WaPo
(Reuters) – The Biden administration estimates it may need nearly $7 billion to deal with the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The funding estimate was…
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