Paediatric monkeypox case detected in the Netherlands

Rare detection compared to how virus has been behaving outside Africa, say experts  

India’s monkeypox outbreak may not be linked to European superspreader events

NIV-Pune finds evidence of another lineage in Kerala samples; it suggests a distinct cluster of human-human transmission, possibly unrecognised …

Global mpox cases crosses 85,000, toll rises to 93 in a year: WHO 

Global risk is ‘Moderate', according to latest WHO statement; US has highest caseload

After COVID-19, WHO declares mpox is no longer public health emergency of global concern

There has been a significant decline in the number of reported cases compared to the previous reporting period and no changes in mpox’s …

Monkeypox continues to spread in non-endemic countries, no deaths reported yet

That no patient has travel history to endemic area has experts worried

Current monkeypox nomenclature is stigmatising: Experts

Scientists in advanced discussion with World Health Organization to adopt neutral language for monkeypox

Monkeypox mortality high in Africa where vaccine remains out of reach

Fewer new cases in last 2 weeks but distribution pattern has changed  

Monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries cross 1,000 mark in a month. What this means

Global public health risk has been classified as ‘moderate’ but the WHO refrained from stating it has pandemic potential  

Is monkeypox sexually transmissible? What does research suggest

Semen samples show prolonged shedding of virus DNA for weeks after symptoms onset  

Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?

Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is

Monkeypox virus found in semen. Is it enough to call it STI? 

Labelling monkeypox sexually transmitted diseases / infection will lead to stigmatisation of particular community, feel experts

Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study

Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case  

India’s first monkeypox case reported from Kerala

The patient had returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates July 12 and was symptomatic at the time

Kerala reports India’s first suspected death due to monkeypox

This takes the global death toll of the current monkeypox outbreak to nine

Mpox, AIDS & COVID-19 show challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

Racial, sexual stigma around monkeypox spurred World Health Organization to rename the disease to mpox

Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?

Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s

Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance isn’t what it should be

Virologist Oyewale Tomori explains what Nigeria, where the virus is endemic, should be doing to prepare for an outbreak

Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology

West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox

WHO declares monkeypox public health emergency of international concern

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus overruled a committee of experts who could not come to a consensus  

Stop consumption, trade of wild animals to prevent monkeypox spillover: Nigeria agriculture minister 

Nigeria saw 21 monkeypox cases since the beginning of 2022

Parliamentary Digest (August 2, 2022): Less wheat harvested than expected due to heatwaves

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As told to Parliament (December 21, 2022): 42.1 million hospital admissions under PMJAY

The admissions were worth Rs 49,468.6 crore and helped reduce out-of-pocket health expenditure