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Monkey pox: 58 new cases detected in France
58 new cases of monkey pox have been detected in France in the past two days. THE ESSENTIAL In case ...
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Monkey pox: 277 contaminations in France, a first female case
Regarding monkeypox (or "Monkeypox"), 277 contaminations in France have been identified, including a first female case. THE ESSENTIAL In case ...
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Monkey pox: the High Authority for Health specifies the vaccination strategy
While monkey pox (or Monkeypox) is spreading in France, the High Authority for Health (HAS) specifies the vaccination strategy to ...
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Perpignan: a first case of monkey pox identified at the hospital
A first case of monkey pox has been detected at Perpignan hospital. THE ESSENTIAL In case of appearance of symptoms ...
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Monkeypox: WHO removes distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries
The WHO removes the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, as 84% of monkeypox cases are in Europe. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Monkey pox: why should the name be changed to Monkeypox?
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the name of the disease called "monkeypox" (or "Monkeypox)" should be changed. THE ...
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Monkey pox: WHO could declare a “public health emergency”
The WHO (World Health Organization) has however considered that a "mass" vaccination against monkeypox was not necessary for the moment. ...
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Monkeypox: WHO fears that the disease is taking hold in non-endemic countries
As 1,000 cases of monkeypox are confirmed worldwide, the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus encourages ...
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Monkey pox: a first case in hospital staff
In Marseille, a caregiver from Marseille Hospitals Public Assistance (APHM) was detected positive for monkeypox. THE ESSENTIAL The smallpox vaccine ...
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51 cases of monkey pox in France: will it soon be necessary to test or vaccinate?
The increase in cases of monkey pox continues in France. Half of the infected people are detected in Ile-de-France. THE ...
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Monkey pox: thirty-three confirmed cases in France
“The situation is changing very quickly,” explains Santé Publique France. THE ESSENTIAL Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon said last week that ...
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Monkey pox: 16 confirmed cases in France
The number of people infected with the virus and identified by health authorities has doubled in a few days. THE ...
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Monkey pox: the cases identified could be only “the tip of the iceberg”, according to the WHO
According to the World Health Organization, the 219 cases of monkeypox recorded in recent weeks in countries where the virus ...
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Monkey pox: the USA will vaccinate contact cases, France is following the same path
In the United States as in France, vaccination is recommended for people who have had risky contact with a person ...
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Monkey pox: what is the situation in France?
According to Santé Publique France, three cases have been reported in the country. The organization recalls that the situation is ...
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Monkeypox: WHO warns that the number of cases will multiply in Europe
Several patients in different European countries have been infected with monkeypox. Hans Kluge, the director of the WHO for Europe ...
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Monkey pox: more than forty suspected cases in Europe
Authorities in Spain and Portugal have issued a national health alert. THE ESSENTIAL Monkey pox, or monkeypox, is a rare ...
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Confirmation of a case of ‘monkey pox’ in the UK
The patient was placed in isolation in a London hospital. THE ESSENTIAL The patient contracted the disease while traveling in ...
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Comparison of contagiousness of the Delta variant and smallpox: what if OR was not the right indicator?
an infectiologist compares the contagiousness of the Delta variant with that of smallpox. A parallel difficult to justify. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Smallpox: yes, this shock photograph attesting to the benefits of the vaccine is true
Many Internet users believed that this photograph had been retouched. It's wrong ! This snapshot, taken in 1901 by Dr. ...
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Alaskan pox: a new virus detected in the United States
After a first case identified in 2015, a new "Alaskan pox" infection has just been detected in the United States. ...
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Smallpox: it would be possible to recreate the virus
© iStockPhotosResearchers at the University of Alberta, Canada, have succeeded in recreating, from the available genetic material, the vaccinia virus, ...
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Two cases of monkey pox reported in UK, no treatment in sight
The British Department of Health on Tuesday 11 September reported two cases of monkey pox, a rare infection originating in ...
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Smallpox: researchers refuse to destroy the last viruses
On May 1, a group of international virologists published an open letter in the American scientific journal Plos Pathogens asking ...
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Smallpox: scientists protect us from biological terrorism
Even if the vaccination got the better of the smallpox, it is still possible to recreate the virus to spread ...
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Smallpox: the strain that eradicated it comes from the horse
The bovine version of smallpox, vaccinia, gave its name to vaccination. But the strain used for eradicating would in fact ...
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Smallpox: researchers synthesize the virus for 100,000 euros
With genetic material ordered from the Internet, it would be possible to recreate the smallpox virus, "without exceptional knowledge or ...
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Smallpox: viral DNA found in 17th century mummy
The discovery of DNA from a smallpox virus in the mummified body of a child could help trace the history ...
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Disappearance of the man who eradicated smallpox
Smallpox eradicator Donald Henderson died on August 19. During its 87 years of existence, it has dedicated its life to ...
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