WHO Is Asking the Public for Help to Rename the Monkeypox Virus to Prevent Stigma
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatising name ...
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Is One Health at a Turning Point?
The concept of One Health - the intersection of animal, human, and the environment - has been around for some ...
Monkeypox Now Declared a “National Health Emergency” in the US. Should Have This Been Done Sooner?
Last Thursday the Biden administration declared Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency in the US. This follows a similar declaration by ...
Dealing With Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Up to the Job?
Numerous infectious disease outbreaks and emergencies are reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on almost a daily basis, with ...
‘Still so Many Unknowns’: An Unprecedented Outbreak of Monkeypox
The first case of monkeypox in this current outbreak, linked to travel in Nigeria, was recorded in the UK on ...
