Monkeypox
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Science
What is monkeypox and should we be worried?
Monkeypox has been recorded in Australia for the first time. What is it?
- by Sherryn Groch
Latest
Monkeypox cases spreading in Europe
Twenty-nine countries have reported cases to the WHO in the current outbreak, which began in May.
- by Mrinalika Roy and Jennifer Rigby
Fourth, and probable fifth, cases of monkeypox discovered in NSW
NSW Health said the cases were not connected to the three previously reported cases of monkeypox in the state.
- by Megan Gorrey
Qld doctors watching for monkeypox but no vaccination push
Queensland health authorities will not push for vaccinations but are keeping a careful watch after a man with monkeypox visited the state recently.
- by Stuart Layt
Monkeypox possibly spread by sex at two raves in Europe: WHO adviser
“This is not COVID,” the former head of WHO’s emergencies department said. “We need to slow it down, but it does not spread in the air and we have vaccines to protect against it.”
- by Maria Cheng
‘Low risk’: WHO holds meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe
Spain reported 24 new cases on Friday mainly in the Madrid region where the regional government closed a sauna linked to the majority of infections.
- by Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover
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Sydney
‘It’s party season in Europe’: Sydney man identified as first monkeypox case in NSW
More than 20 cases of the rare viral infection have been reported overseas this month, including in Europe and the US.
- by Mary Ward and Lucy Carroll
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Illness
Traveller from Britain confirmed as first Victorian monkeypox case
The man touched down in Victoria from London in the early hours of on May 16 and was admitted to The Alfred hospital on Thursday. He is expected to make a full recovery.
- by Timna Jacks
Monkeypox cases among gay, bisexual men reported in Portugal, Britain
British health authorities said Wednesday they had identified two new cases of monkeypox, one in London and another in southeast England.
- by Maria Cheng and Barry Hatton