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History tells us the end of a deadly outbreak isn’t just about medical data – it’s about political and social changes too, says historian Erica Charters

The most likely route of monkeypox transmission is close physical contact

With the monkeypox outbreak spreading globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it as a PHEIC - ‘public health emergency of international concern’. This declaration, which is WHO’s highest alarm, is a way to create a wake-up call for countries as they struggle to contain the spread of the…

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

There have been 2,432 reported cases in the UK, with 99.3 percent among men

The panel will provide guidance to the government on expansion of diagnostic facilities and explore emerging trends related to vaccination for monkeypox

‘The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’ – US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Biden government has come under criticism for delayed response to monkeypox outbreak

Ghana is working to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus, or MVD, which has no treatment and can be fatal