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The country registered 36 more Covid-19 fatalities and 4,144 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified four presumptive and one confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, and public health officials expect physicians to diagnose more Americans with the virus in the coming days.

Premier Mark McGowan continues to resist calls for fresh restrictions as he hopes WA will hit its COVID peak before the height of the flu season. Here's why an epidemiologist thinks it's a sensible approach.

Public Health Scotland said they have obtained a number of shots of the smallpox vaccine which is also effective against monkeypox.

The new dietary source of vitamin D could have potential public health implications, researchers say.

UNAIDS warns some reporting and commentary on the virus has used stigmatising language that could harm public health.

The majority of cases are under the age of five

TOP public health expert Professor Devi Sridhar has offered some advice to people feeling concerned about the monkeypox case confirmed in Scotland…

The first case of monkeypox in the current outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 7. The person in question had recently returned to the UK from Nigeria, where they are believed to have contracted the infection. Since then, further cases have been reported in over…

Those with the monkeypox are infectious to others between the time that symptoms begin showing and when the last scab falls off, Public Health Scotland has advised

UK health authorities on Monday said they had detected 36 more cases of monkeypox in England and the first infection in Scotland.