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FDA Removes Clinical Hold On Ocugen's COVID Vaccine Trial

The FDA has lifted the clinical hold on Ocugen Inc's (NASDAQ:OCGN) Phase 2/3 trial, OCU-002, for Covaxin (BBV152), a whole virus inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate. In April, the agency paused the trials of the shot, Covaxin, after an inspection of a Bharat Biotech facility by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed deficiencies…

Benzinga

What countries have reported monkeypox cases so far? All we know amid fears over ‘superspreader’ events

Scientists believe superspreader events may be behind sudden outbreak in cases

The Independent UK

Monkeypox symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

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Monkeypox: UN criticises ‘homophobic’ reporting of virus outbreak

Monkeypox is not limited to men who have sex with men, UNAids says

The Independent UK

Monkeypox Q&A: how do you catch it and what are the risks? An expert explains

The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries with 110 confirmed cases and a further 205 suspected cases. It’s a fast-moving story, so if you need to catch up on the latest, here are answers to some of the most pressing questions.

The Conversation

Monkeypox isn’t like HIV, but gay and bisexual men are at risk of unfair stigma

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…

The Conversation

Is monkeypox deadly? What you need to know about the virus

THE first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Scotland, as the total grows across the UK.

The National (Scotland)

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Monkeypox symptoms according to NHS and how to avoid getting it

Symptoms can appear anywhere between five days to three weeks after contracting the virus

Manchester Evening News

Monkeypox virus: WHO concerned summer could see virus spread

The community transmission is largely centred in urban areas

Dublin Live

Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe

A doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group has described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe

The Independent UK

Taiwan fails in bid to join WHO assembly after China pressure

Taiwan's bid to attend the World Health Organization's annual assembly was rejected on Monday, the assembly said, after a campaign of diplomatic pressure from China to isolate the island, which it considers to be one of its own provinces.

Reuters

Monkeypox one of 'formidable' challenges facing world, warns WHO

Head of World Health Organisation sounds alarm over disease, drought, famine and war

Wales Online

ASHA workers at forefront of ensuring healthy India: PM Modi

‘Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

The Hindu

Covid-19: Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries, including India

JEDDAH: Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections over the past few weeks, Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to sixteen countries, including India.

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France 24

Ukraine says investigating some 13,000 alleged Russian war crimes

Ukraine is probing about 13,000 cases of alleged Russian war crimes, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Monday. Some 20 countries including Italy, Greece and Denmark announced new security assistance packages for Kyiv during a virtual meeting with allies, according to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Read our live blog to…

The Independent UK

Monkeypox news – live: US releasing monkeypox vaccine from national stockpile for ‘high-risk’ people

Boris Johnson says ‘important we keep an eye’ on virus as Scotland gets first case

The Conversation

Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?

The World Health Organization’s newly released report on regulating cross-border alcohol marketing raises the alarm for countries like Australia and New Zealand, given their light touch towards alcohol advertising.

Reuters

Fate of ancient Athens guides WHO at gathering to plan for next pandemic

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost 200 member states at the U.N agency's annual assembly this week.

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The Independent UK

Monkeypox: High-risk contacts of cases advised to self-isolate for three weeks and avoid children

Government has released new guidance with self-isolation periods for UK monkeypox cases

Edinburgh Live

Covid Scotland: Only one Edinburgh neighbourhood remains a 'hotspot'

The Scottish Government data, provided by Public Health Scotland, also shows the nine areas in the capital that are 'coronavirus free' including Pilton, Cramond and Gorgie.

The New Daily

Monkeypox detected in Austria, Switzerland and Israel

A virus causing patients fever, rash, and exhaustion has reached three more countries. A man in Vienna was taken to hospital with sores on his face.

The Independent UK

WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave

The Independent UK

President Biden says ‘everybody’ should be concerned about monkeypox after CDC urges calm

President said officials are determining ‘what vaccine if any might be available for it’ after US already ordered millions of doses of smallpox vaccine that is effective against monkeypox

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox monitoring centre formed

As monkeypox spreads around the world, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) has set up a Public Health Crisis Command Centre to monitor the situation worldwide and set short-, mid- and long-term response strategies.

France 24

Russia intensifies push into Donbas as Polish president visits Kyiv

Only Ukraine has the right to decide its future, Polish President Andrzej Duda told lawmakers in Kyiv on Sunday, becoming the first foreign leader to give an in-person speech to the Ukrainian parliament since the Russian invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Saturday that the situation in Donbas had become…

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