State Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao Following the World Health Organisation (WHO) once again declaring monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), Karnataka is gearing up to handle any outbreak of the infectious viral disease. The State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met on Monday night (August 19) to discuss and advise …
PUBLISHED : 12 Aug 2024 at 05:27 Small Medium Large A team of provincial health officials clean a condominium in Phuket where the country’s first recorded case of monkeypox was found in July 2022. (Photo: Department of Disease Control) The Ministry of Public Health is on high alert as the World Health …
Updated May 5, 2024, 22:24 IST Congo is struggling with rising cases of Mpox. Cases have nearly tripled compared to the same last year. As a result, Congo has declared a nationwide health emergency. Read on to know signs, symptoms to keep yourself safe. Mpox Outbreak In Congo: Why Is This New Strain More Dangerous …
Early Use Of Mpox Antiviral Shows Promise Among People With HIV New York: Using antiviral tecovirimat (Tpoxx) within 7 days of mpox symptom onset is associated with lower rates of mpox disease progression among people with HIV (PWH), according to a study. The cohort study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was based on outcomes seen …
Mpox has mostly been confined to developing countries for years. In May of this year, the World Health Organization announced the end of the global health emergency related to mpox, about a year after the disease, previously known as monkeypox, began spreading globally. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attributed the decision to declining global case …