Researchers investigating the genetic make-up of the MonkeyPox virus have said the virus appears to have mutated far, far more than would normally be expected and has undergone a period of “accelerated evolution”. So far 50 new mutations of the MonkeyPox Virus have been found.
Nine people have died in Congo while Nigeria has recorded its first death from the latest MonkeyPox outbreak this year, even as at least 23 countries continue to grapple with the sudden spread of the disease. In its statement on Sunday, the World Health Organization said that the MonkeyPox virus has been spread to 23 non-endemic countries now, and there has so far been a cumulative total of 257 laboratory-confirmed cases and around 120 suspected cases.
A well-respected epidemiologist who was considered the architect of Sweden’s pandemic approach, which avoided lockdowns but caused the Scandinavian country to earn one of the
Coronavirus vaccine boosters are now recommended by the World Health Organization, starting with those at greatest risk. A shift from its previous position that booster
World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced Monday that they plan to provide cancer medicines at no cost for children in
The whole world saw record numbers this week as COVID-19 cases were the most this week than any other week since the pandemic started. More
