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Second monkeypox strain linked with travel to West Africa identified in UK

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said the patient is being treated in hospital and the risk to the general public remains ‘very low’

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: Second strain identified in UK as London cases hit 2,257

The case was identified in a person who had recently travelled to West Africa

Evening Standard

People in UK refused drug that could save their lives

The UK is the only G7 country to refuse to fund Evusheld, an antibody treatment which can boost protection against Covid for those whose immune systems do not respond well to vaccines

Wales Online

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‘People are freaking out, seeing young men with lesions all over their faces’: the anxious wait for monkeypox vaccines

With supplies running low, many gay and bisexual men are struggling to get appointments at sexual health centres – and for some, the handling of the outbreak has alarming echoes of the HIV/Aids epidemic

The Guardian - UK

Italian man simultaneously tests positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV

The 36-year-old developed symptoms after visiting Spain for five days

Evening Standard

Routine Covid tests in English hospitals to be scrapped next week

Move comes despite near doubling in UK Covid deaths this summer compared with same period to last year

The Guardian - UK

Get vaccines and do not mistake meningitis for hangover, student freshers warned

Young people are being asked to arrange to get any vaccines they might have missed over the years.

The Independent UK

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Where you can get monkeypox vaccine as Greater Manchester becomes first place to trial smaller doses

There will be more clinics over the next week in Manchester for those wanting to get the jab

Manchester Evening News

All you need to know about monkeypox after global emergency declared

The most likely route of transmission is close physical contact

The Independent UK

Where did monkeypox come from?

Disease continuing to spread beyond West Africa this summer

The Independent UK

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

The Independent UK

Students warned not to confuse meningitis for hangover and to get vaccinated

Young people are asked to check they are up to date on jabs for illnesses including meningitis, measles and HPV

Daily Record

Students warned not to confuse early meningitis symptoms with hangover and urged to get vaccinated

Young people and their parents are being reminded to check they are up to date with jabs against serious diseases including meningitis, septicaemia and measles

Wales Online

Get jabs and do not mistake meningitis for bad hangover, student freshers warned

Young people are being asked to arrange to get any vaccines they might have missed over the years.

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Monkeypox vaccine to be offered in smaller doses amid supply shortage

The new approach will see those eligible be offered a 0.1ml dose of the smallpox vaccine instead of the usual 0.5ml dose

Daily Record

Smaller monkeypox vaccine doses to be offered in NHS trial to stretch out supplies

The UK monkeypox vaccine pilot is being rolled out in three NHS locations.

Daily Mirror

Toddler tests positive for monkeypox despite 'not seeing other kids' as experts baffled

A child under two has tested positive for monkeypox in Texas with health officials in the United States now desperately trying to find out how the virus was transmitted

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox jabs being rationed after nationwide shortages as 3,000 Brits infected

The smallpox vaccine has already been targeted at around 35,000 at risk people, mainly gay men and close contacts of cases including family members and healthcare workers

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The Guardian - UK

UK trials smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine as supplies run low

UKHSA says studies suggest smaller doses generate ‘near-identical’ immune response

The Independent UK

Vaccine used to combat monkeypox to be offered in smaller doses in NHS pilot

One site in Manchester and two in London will begin offering ‘fractional doses’ amid limited supplies.

Wales Online

Latest bird flu outbreak at UK poultry farm as 3km protection zone set up

UKHSA says risk to people's health is very low

Wales Online

Mother and baby nearly die during labour - prompting plea for £15 test to be available on NHS

Preya Vaja and her newborn Uma nearly died during a traumatic birth due to an infection

Wales Online

Health expert warns of spike in monkeypox cases amid shortage of vaccines

Four UK Chief Medical Officers agreed vaccine deployment should be prioritised where there are localised outbreaks

The Independent UK

Where did monkeypox come from?

Disease continuing to spread beyond West Africa this summer

The Independent UK

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

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