mpox

APP/IRNA Mashhad: Iran has intensified the syndromic care surveillance for Mpox in the land and air borders of Razavi Khorasan to prevent the entry of suspicious people or those with a history of traveling to infected areas. Mashhad…

APP Rawalpindi: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has prevented sixteen thousand premature babies from developing irreversible eye damage over the past eleven years through timely intervention. Dr. Wajid Ali Khan, Chief of Medical Services…

APP Peshawar: Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah has ordered emergency measures after a 47-year-old man from Nowshera tested positive for Monkeypox. Isolation and screening wards will be set up at three hospitals which…

News Desk  Islamabad: Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique announced on Saturday that the provincial government has launched a proactive campaign against monkeypox, which includes airport screenings and heightened hospital…

APP United Nations: The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a united global effort to combat a new mpox outbreak, unveiling a response plan requiring at least $135 million over the next six months. "Let me be…

News Desk  Islamabad: The Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that Pakistan has reported its second case of Monkeypox.  According to a spokesperson from the Ministry, the patient arrived from the Gulf region and exhibited symptoms…

AFP/APP Bangkok: Thailand on Thursday confirmed Asia's first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the kingdom from Africa. The patient landed in Bangkok on August 14 and was sent to hospital with…

AFP/APP Paris: As global concerns over mpox continue to rise, even seemingly straightforward questions—such as the level of danger it poses and the differences between its variants—remain complex and without clear answers. In July,…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed its first suspected case of monkeypox. A 47-year-old man has been admitted to PIMS Hospital in Islamabad with symptoms consistent with the virus. The patient recently arrived from Saudi…

AFP/APP Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called on manufacturers to significantly increase the production of mpox vaccines to combat the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus. On Wednesday, the WHO declared…