Former US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) chief Scott Gottlieb said that the response to the virus has to be wider to control it, though.
Tapping the TB testing network, screening tests, quick-result PCRs are all in the works
Unlike Covid, monkeypox isn't a respiratory disease; and the test for Covid targeted the nose and mouth.
Nearly 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest threat from monkeypox in the US, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates show.
India has so far reported nine cases of monkeypox including one death
With non-endemic countries reporting a rampant spike in the number of monkeypox cases, WHO on July 24, 2022, declared monkeypox a global health emergency
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 890 cases of monkeypox in the country.
She is the first woman in the country to test positive for monkeypox which manifests itself with fever, skin lesions and swollen lymph nodes.
The Union health ministry issued the 'Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease' and stated that human-to-human transmission occurs primarily through large respiratory droplets
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This is the third monkeypox case in the national capital
A 30 year-old man, who came to Kerala from UAE last month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the fifth case of the virus from the southern state
Delhi's first patient of monkeypox has been discharged from the LNJP hospital after recovering from the infection
California's governor has declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step.
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The Kerala youth arrived in the state from UAE on July 22 and died on July 30
Following the death of a man due to monkeypox in Kerala, Karnataka CM has called an "important meeting" on Tuesday regarding control measures and treatment facility to be put in place.
Amid four deaths due to monkeypox outside Africa, including India, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the infectious disease is likely to lead to more fatalities.