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Anyone who received two doses of the mpox vaccine or who has previously had the virus is considered to have protection against severe illness caused by Clade I mpox

First case of Clade I mpox detected in Ireland, HSE says

A single case of Clade I mpox has been detected in Ireland, the Health Service Executive has said.

Roche said the Swiss group could quickly offer 10 times more test kits for mpox than are currently in demand

Roche's third quarter sales beat market expectations

Drugs and diagnostic company Roche said its third-quarter sales gained a currency-adjusted 9%, beating market expectations, on higher prescriptions of once-monthly haemophilia shot Hemlibra and recently launched eye drug Vabysmo.

Business • 23 Oct 24

A information sign on monkeypox is seen at an airport in India

No cases of mpox strain of concern in Ireland - HSPC

Health authorities in Ireland say there have been no cases in Ireland of the mpox strain that is causing concern in Africa.

Health • 22 Aug 24

The WHO has said that much is already known about the mpox virus and the means to control it

Mpox 'not the new Covid', says World Health Organization

The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization has said, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it.

Health • 20 Aug 24

The ECDEC has said that more imported mpox cases to Europe were 'highly likely'

EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain of the virus outside Africa, in Sweden.

Europe • 16 Aug 24

The viral infection is spread through close contact

Why is mpox an emergency again?

The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years.

World • 15 Aug 24

WHO is concerned over the rapid spread of clade 1b in DRC (Stock image)

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

Health • 15 Aug 24

Gedeon Kakule, 13, survived contracting mpox earlier this year

Africa CDC declares mpox public health emergency

Africa's top public health body has declared a public health emergency of continental security over an outbreak of mpox that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

World • 13 Aug 24

Mpox peaked in summer of 2022, followed by a rapid decline in cases

Mpox patient had 75 sexual partners in 21 days - IMJ

A new study into the spread of Mpox in Ireland between May 2022 and May 2023 has shown that one of the people infected had 75 sexual partners in the previous 21 days.

Ireland • 03 Jul 24

WHO to phase out the use of the term monkepox

WHO to begin using 'mpox' for monkeypox

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization has announced, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name.

World • 28 Nov 22

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