Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Africa CDC says renaming of monkeypox variants curbs stigma

The head of Africa's public health agency says he's "really pleased" that the World Health Organization is renaming the strains of the monkeypox disease to remove references to African regions amid concerns about stigmatization.

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China records first monkeypox case

China recorded its first case of monkeypox on Friday in a person who had recently entered the country, officials said.

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UK buys more vaccines for monkeypox as cases top 2,100

British has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130, the majority of them in London, officials said Tuesday.

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South Korea reports first imported case of monkeypox

South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries—and the first in East Asia—to have identified the disease.

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Russia reports first case of monkeypox

Russia on Tuesday said it had detected the first case of monkeypox in the country in a man who returned from a trip to several European nations.

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