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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that…

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.

Monkeypox cases are identified for the first time in children in the United States, while WHO's emergency committee convenes again to consider whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, many have become desensitised to these next few words: There's a new Omicron subvariant in town. Here's what we know about BA.2.75 so far.

From Bailey v. Iles, decided Wednesday by Judge David Joseph (W.D. La.): This matter arises out of an incident that began with a "posting" on Facebook during the early stages of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On March 20, 2020, Waylon Bailey—allegedly "bored" due to the lockdown associated with COVID-19—posted…

Vaccine inequity and emerging variants mean the future of the pandemic is increasingly uncertain, researchers say

Omicron BA.5 is now the dominant Covid strain, accounting for approximately 79% of cases as of 18 July as around 3.8m people - one in 17 of the UK population - has coronavirus

Authorities said in a statement that the case may have originated outside of the US and the patient is stable.

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