Mpox

An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
Health

Philippines detects new mpox case, first since December 2023

Caab chairman at the Dhaka airport on 18 August. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Caab chairman visits Dhaka airport, called for strict measures to combat Mpox 

An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
Bangladesh

Shah Amanat Airport on high alert to check Mpox

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

No measures sighted in Hili land port to check for Mpox

Illustration: TBS
Health

Mpox alert: How prepared is Bangladesh?

The palms of a monkeypox case patient from Lodja, a city located within the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, are seen during a health investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Brian W.J. Mahy/CDC/Handout via REUTERS
Health

What is Mpox and what symptoms should you look out for

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox. Photo: Reuters
Health

Health ministry issues mpox alert: Vigilance at entry points; no cases detected in Bangladesh yet

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo: UNB
Health

What steps is Dhaka Airport taking against Mpox?

Dial 16263 or 10655 if mpox symptoms appear: Health directorate
Health

Dial 16263 or 10655 if mpox symptoms appear: Health directorate

Dr Pascaline Kahindo, checks the treatment progress on the feet of patient Ajuamungu Ntuyehe, undergoing the treatment of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Europe

German infection expert: mpox vaccine's best use is in Africa right now

An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
Health

Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox variant

Vials of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, August 20, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo
Health

Is there an mpox vaccine, and how does it work?

A man receives a dose of the mpox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris, France July 27, 2022. Photo: Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level