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Global health experts are to rename monkeypox after “racism and stigmatising language” emerged following the latest outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the disease will be referred to as “mpox” as its preferred term. Both names will ...

28 Nov 2022 at 14:51

Number of sexual partners changes as we age, study shows

A new study has shed light on how the number of sexual partners British people have changes as they age, and new findings have surprised researchers. The study suggests that gay and bisexual men over 70 may continue to have a sex life with ...

08 Sept 2023 at 19:00

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WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa

The World Health Organisation has granted its first authorisation for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step towards fighting the disease in Africa and beyond. The pre-qualification of the vaccine by ...

13 Sept 2024 at 11:41

Government orders more mpox jabs as officials prepare for new strain

Plans are under way to vaccinate more people against mpox as officials work to bolster the UK’s resilience against a strain of the virus rapidly spreading in Africa. While no cases of clade I mpox have been detected in the UK – ...

16 Sept 2024 at 15:47

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Democratic Republic of Congo begins mpox vaccinations after emergency declared

Authorities in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday began vaccinating against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by ...

05 Oct 2024 at 16:09

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Sweden reports case of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo

Swedish health officials have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak to be a global ...

15 Aug 2024 at 18:20

New mpox strain: What is it and what does it mean for the UK?

The first case of a new infectious strain of mpox has been detected in Europe after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. Experts said the new strain is “associated ...

17 Aug 2024 at 09:59

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Congo set to receive first mpox vaccines to address new global emergency

Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the US, the country’s health minister said on Monday, days after the World Health Organisation declared mpox outbreaks in ...

19 Aug 2024 at 19:16

Health officials on alert for UK cases of new mpox strain

UK health officials have said they are preparing for any potential cases of a new strain of mpox after the World Health Organisation declared outbreaks of the virus in Africa a global emergency. The strain, ...

15 Aug 2024 at 13:00

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Democratic Republic of Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its ...

21 Aug 2024 at 14:12

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Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be halted within six months, says health chief

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said on Friday that the agency’s first shipment of ...

30 Aug 2024 at 20:46

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First 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Democratic Republic of Congo

The first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, the country’s authorities said. It comes three weeks after the World Health Organisation ...

05 Sept 2024 at 14:43

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