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Brazil : Brazil has confirmed the country's first monkeypox-related death, according to the Health Ministry.The case was reported on Friday in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old…

Manila : The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Friday confirmed the detection of the first monkeypox case in the country.The DOH's officer-in-charge Undersecretary Beverly Lorraine Ho said the virus was detected in a 31-year-old…

New Delhi : A total of 7,700 samples of medicines were declared not of standard quality and 670 declared spurious or adulterated out of a total 84,874 samples picked for testing during the last three years. The government data disclosed…

London : Common symptoms of monkeypox virus such as rectal pain and penile swelling (oedema) differ from those described in previous outbreaks and are more prevalent, according to a study.The study, published by The BMJ, identifies…

New Delhi : Amid rise in the global cases of monkeypox virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday recommended at-risk men to limit their sexual partners to reduce their risk of exposure.More than 18,000 monkeypox cases have now…

New York : Taking supplements of Vitamin D, popularly known as the sunshine vitamin, may not reduce risk of fractures in adults, claims a study.Although Vitamin D supplements are widely prescribed and used to benefit bone health, definitive…

New York : A pregnant woman with monkeypox in the US has delivered a healthy baby, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The officials noted that the baby was delivered safely and both are "doing well", CBS news…

Geneva : Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Europe and the Americas have been the hardest hit by the global monkeypox outbreak. Addressing reporters here, the WHO chief said…

New York : People who reported smoking or vaping prior to their hospitalisation for Covid-19 were more likely than their counterparts, who did not smoke or vape, to experience severe complications, including death, from the SARS-CoV-2…

New Delhi : Monkeypox outbreak, that has so far caused more than 16,000 infections in about 75 countries and five deaths, can be contained, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) official. The infection was declared a public…