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The province says the latest strain of monkeypox has arrived in Canada for the first time, and it's in Manitoba.

WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever.

Dr. Luc Boileau, interim public health director in the province, said several more suspected cases of the virus are under investigation in Quebec.

Quebec now has a total of 141 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the province's health department said Thursday. Thousands of people have been vaccinated since late May.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health did not say where in Canada the man travelled to or when, but added the case does not pose a risk to the general public.

A team at Lawson Health Research Institute and St. Joseph’s Health Care London has created an online tool to help people living with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

The agency says there are now 33 confirmed cases of the virus in the province as of Monday, and that 28 of those are in Toronto.

A N.B. epidemiologist urges caution around the messaging, saying anyone can catch monkeypox, it just so happens to be spreading in the LGBTQ2 community.

In a tweet posted Thursday afternoon, the Toronto Health Unit said as of 3 p.m., there have been a total of five positive cases of monkeypox, as well as 10 negative cases. 

In a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon, TPH said as of May 31, there have been two positive cases, nine negative cases and six cases under investigation.

A fourth case of monkeypox has been detected in Alberta. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the cases are self-isolating and co-operating with contact tracing.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the second case is not linked to the first case of monkeypox in Alberta which was announced last week.

Long before the World Health Organization's official modification, a Montreal community organization pioneered a movement for change of its own. 

In August, WHO began consulting experts about renaming the disease, shortly after the UN agency declared monkeypox's spread to be a global emergency.

The wish list includes 60 demands the union hopes will be met by the Quebec government.

Ottawa, the provinces and territories have been feuding for months over increasing the federal health transfers. As it stands, Ottawa covers about 22 per cent of health-care costs.

Just under a 'couple dozen of people' are under investigation for monkeypox in Canada after the country confirmed its first cases this week, said Dr. Theresa Tam on Friday.

Monkeypox is usually a mild viral illness, characterized by symptoms of fever and a distinctive bumpy rash. Since 1970, monkeypox cases have been reported in 11 African countries.

Health officials say in most cases, monkeypox will disappear on its own within two to four weeks, although in very rare cases complications can arise.