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A dog recently caught monkeypox from its owners in the first case of human-to-dog transmission of the virus. Here's everything you need to know about monkeypox in pets, including symptoms and what to do

Health experts stressed the need for proper isolation in cases, even from pets.

Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayans’ “color of the skin.”

Over 3,200 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

Disease continuing to spread beyond West Africa this summer

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

With a strong HPV vaccination programme for girls and a concerted screening and treatment drive for women, the country could be the first in Africa to eliminate the disease

Geneva (AFP) - Studies are under way to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease, the World Health Organization told AFP on Wednesday.

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised African countries for improvements in health services that have seen average life expectancy jump by a whopping 10 years.

Poxy McPoxface and Mpox are among suggestions received so far as the World Health Organization seeks a "non-stigmatising" new name for monkeypox.