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Despite deaths, Africa left to fight monkeypox without vaccine

The vast majority of deaths due to monkeypox have been registered on the African continent. Africa remains the only part of the world with no doses of the vaccine, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Radio France Internationale

Is the Marburg virus a threat? It might be more widespread than we think

According to virologists, the virus is probably more widespread than we think it is. Improving diagnosis can help detect it more quickly and efficiently.

Inverse

Kolkata: A kit that can send out Covid detection signal

KOLKATA: A team of city-based researchers has come up with a system that could be used as an early-warning device to determine the likelihood of a person contracting a communicable disease.

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Monkeypox outbreak may boost the shares of these companies

As health authorities all over the globe search for ways to stop the monkeypox outbreak, investors are snapping up shares of companies that could benefit from the race to quell the disease.

Tribune News Service

Brazil, Spain report first deaths from monkeypox

Brazil on Friday reported the first known monkeypox-related death outside Africa in the latest outbreak of the disease. Two other fatalities have since been reported in Spain.

Tribune News Service

Officials step up monkeypox screening

The Public Health Ministry is ramping up the screening of air travellers from countries reporting a spread of monkeypox to step up precautions against the disease.

Bangkok Post

Bengaluru: After tigress, lioness dies of illness at Bannerghatta Biological Park

BENGALURU: A day after the death of a white tigress, Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) lost a 12-year-old lioness on Saturday due to illness. Park authorities said Sana died of heart disease.

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Israel was a world leader in combatting COVID-19 with vaccines, now they're getting ready for monkeypox

Israel has recorded fewer than 200 cases of monkeypox but the country learned from COVID-19 that moving quickly can make or break a country's response to an infectious disease.

ABC News

Carnival, Royal Caribbean among cruise lines relaxing COVID test requirements

ORLANDO, Fla. — Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises are among those shifting COVID-19 test requirement policies in the wake of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally ending its COVID-19 guidance program.

Orlando Sentinel

Schoolboy's brave fightback with biopic arm after losing limbs to meningitis

Luke Mortimer, nine, has made a miraculous recovery after he nearly died when meningitis caused his arms and legs to turn black and he had 23 operations to overcome the disease.

Daily Mirror

TAC recommends sewage surveillance for early detection of Monkeypox in State

In Karnataka, to begin with, samples from Bangalore International Airport should be tested as soon as possible: TAC

The Hindu

Andrew Hopkins of Exscientia: the man using AI to cure disease

The British scientist’s company employs artificial intelligence to drastically cut the time of drug development

The Guardian - UK

Spain confirms second monkeypox death in two days

The country has confirmed its second death from the disease – so far, the only fatalities in the European Union

The Independent UK

Govt set to review COVID classification after 7th wave

The government plans to review the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Law once the seventh wave of the pandemic has been contained as part of efforts to reduce the burden on medical institutions, government sources said.

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As sufferers die in Spain, Brazil, should India worry about monkeypox cases?

India reported its fourth case of monkeypox infection after a 34-year-old-man from Delhi with no travel history tested positive, making him the first known case of local transmission.

Radio France Internationale

First deaths of monkeypox patients outside Africa reported in Spain, Brazil

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first non-African fatalities linked to the current outbreak of the disease.

Dynamite News

India's first monkeypox patient recovers, to be discharged from hospital today

The Kollam native, who had returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing symptoms of monkeypox, tested positive for the disease on July 14. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Getting monkeypox treatment is easier, but still daunting and confusing

Though doctors and advocates have helped speed up access to the antiviral pills – of which the U.S. has enough to treat 1.7 million people – health providers are few and forms are still required.

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The Independent UK

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease

The Hindu

Nearly 1,200 cattle perish to lumpy disease in Rajasthan

Rajasthan govt swings into action as 25,000 get infected in three months

The Times of India

Noida: All 4 suspected patients test negative for monkeypox

NOIDA: The samples of two suspected monkeypox cases tested negative on Friday, ruling out the viral infection for all four patients in NCR who had symptoms similar to the disease. Gautam Budh Nagar health department officials said they had sent the sample of a 47-year-old man, who lives in Noida’s…

The Guardian - AU

Karnal bunt and khapra beetle: seven threats to Australian biosecurity

Along with foot-and-mouth disease, there are other pests and diseases that could damage our economy and rural communities

ABC News

Tackling in kids' sport defended despite new report warning of long-term risks

Researchers are calling for junior sport modifications after linking head impacts to a degenerative brain disease. But sporting bodies say teaching kids to tackle safely is key.

The Guardian - AU

Australia can avoid big monkeypox outbreak with targeted vaccination, health experts say

Call for vaccines to be prioritised for gay and bisexual men who have travelled internationally

Daily Mirror

North Korea claims it has 'defused' Covid explosion and reports zero cases of the virus

Infectious disease experts have cast doubts on North Korea's claims, with the World Health Organisation saying last month it believed the situation was getting worse, not better

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