GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offense, the WHO explained in a statement on Friday. A group of global experts convened by the...
ILOILO CITY – The monkeypox outbreak is hindering the planned resumption of international flights at the Iloilo Airport. INBOUND passengers arrive at the Iloilo Airport. (Tara Yap) “We have to wait. The monkeypox is a new development,” said Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. The threat of...
And how to protect yourself With the first case of monkeypox recently confirmed in the Philippines, there are many questions and few answers. How do you get it? What do you know if someone in your household gets it? Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) put together this simple...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has ordered the monitoring of visitors here for monkeypox following the first confirmed case in the country last month. CITY Health Officer Dr. Carmela Gensoli (left) and DRRM head Dr. Ana Maria Laarni Pornan (right) discuss with Agnes...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) at the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to initiate appropriate steps in preventing the transmission of the monkeypox virus following the first confirmed case in the country on July 29. “While the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden's government on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that should free up new funds, assist in data gathering and allow the deployment of additional personnel in the fight against the disease. In this file photo taken on...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 4 the need to establish what he described as a "heightened community-based public awareness campaign about monkeypox". (Unsplash) According to the Mindanao solon, having such information drive on monkeypox will help government...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. tasked all local government units (LGUs) to immediately enforce ‘proactive measures’ to prevent the transmission of monkeypox. “While everyone is assured that our public health surveillance...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. The smallpox vaccine approved by the ministry is thought to be 85 percent effective against monkeypox, health officials said. The move came after Japan confirmed two cases...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that monkeypox is not considered as a sexually transmitted disease (STD). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire debunked this misconception during a recent press briefing. "Monkeypox has not been classified as a sexually transmitted disease," said...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no need to establish another task force specifically for monkeypox. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there is already an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), "which is not just...
