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Signs and symptoms of Monkeypox: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

Taiwan kept COVID below 15,000 cases for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its 'new model'

Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus.

Reuters

Monkeypox outbreak 'may have been sparked by sex at raves', says WHO expert

Dr David Heymann said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission at raves in Europe.

Daily Record

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Experts fear future if UK pets and wild animals catch monkeypox

People are being urged to take extra precautions around animals or the virus could become endemic

Wales Online

Monkeypox: British holidaymaker on Canary Island of Fuenteventura is being tested for the disease

Spain has has so far confirmed around 40 cases of the disease and said another 67 people are being tested

Evening Standard

Snacking while watching TV increases heart disease risk, experts warn

Scientists say people should avoid snacking and move around more to cut their risk

The Independent UK

US Preparing to Deploy Monkeypox Vaccines amid More Probable Cases

The United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, with five cases now either confirmed or probable and the number likely to rise, officials said Monday. There is one confirmed US infection so far, in Massachusetts, and four other cases…

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Monkeypox cases in the UK have more than doubled, figures reveal

There have been 56 confirmed cases of monkeypox in England while Scotland confirmed its first case on Monday

Chronicle Live

Tuesday briefing: Everything you need to know about monkeypox

In today’s newsletter: rising cases of an infectious disease will naturally cause alarm – but Guardian science editor Ian Sample tells Nimo Omer why we shouldn’t be too concerned

The Guardian - UK

Early symptoms of heart disease and two changes which drastically lower risk

If you watch less than an hour of TV a day your risk drops 16%

Wales Online

Beijing ramps up COVID quarantines, Shanghai residents decry uneven rules

Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai, where some bemoaned unfair curbs with the city of 25 million preparing to lift a prolonged lockdown in just over a week.

Reuters

Watching less TV could cut heart disease, study finds

About 11% of cases could be prevented if people reduced TV watching from two or more hours to less than an hour a day

The Guardian - UK

Monkeypox spread linked with raves in Europe as UK cases continue to rise

Large proportion of cases identified in gay and bisexual community

Manchester Evening News

CDC identifies 4 new presumptive cases of monkeypox, preps treatment

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified four presumptive and one confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, and public health officials expect physicians to diagnose more Americans with the virus in the coming days.

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The Independent UK

Take breaks and watch less TV to slash heart disease risk, experts say

Scientists say people should avoid snacking and move around more to cut their risk.

Wales Online

UK monkeypox cases rise to 57 as raves linked to spread in Europe

Outbreak is ‘significant’ but risk to population remains low, say officials

Bangkok Post

DDC ramps up anti-monkeypox measures

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has introduced strict rules for screening visitors travelling from countries where monkeypox has been found.

Irish Mirror

Expert says monkeypox outbreak may have been triggered by sexual activity at two European raves

Dr David Heymann, the former head of WHO's emergencies department, told The Associated Press that the leading theory on the spread of the disease was sexual transmission at raves held in Spain and Belgium

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John Driskell Hopkins has ALS but plans to keep rocking with Zac Brown Band

John Driskell Hopkins, a founding member of the country music group Zac Brown Band, has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Irish Mirror

The three types of food cravings that may suggest you have dementia

Dementia is often referred to as an umbrella of conditions or Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia

The Guardian - AU

Why are monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?

Data prior to current outbreaks suggested resurgence of the disease, with waning immunity from smallpox vaccination contributing to spread

Benzinga

CymaBay's New Seladelpar Two-Year Data Shows Improved Transplant-Free Survival

CymaBay Therapeutics Inc's (NASDAQ:CBAY) results from new analyses of clinical studies of seladelpar were presented during Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Data demonstrated that seladelpar treatment decreased Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) GLOBE score and predicted improved transplant-free survival throughout two years. The GLOBE score is a risk assessment tool providing an estimate of transplant-free…

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: UK cases more than double to 57

It comes as cases of the virus have been reported in more than a dozen countries

The National (Scotland)

Infectious diseases expert answers your big questions about monkeypox

PROFESSOR Rowland Kao is the chair of veterinary epidemiology and data science at Edinburgh University. The biologist has done extensive research…

The Independent UK

Number of monkeypox cases in UK rises to 57

Those at the highest risk of contracting the disease are being asked to self-isolate at home for 21 days

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