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Toronto Public Health says 21 cases of mpox have been confirmed in the city since the start of this year compared with a total of 27 cases for all of 2023.

A team of University of Lethbridge researchers broke down the genetic code of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a foundation discovery for future treatment.

Dr. Angela Rasmussen at the University of Saskatchewan said mpox cases have gone down in places like Canada and the U.S., but it's still a problem in places like Mexico and France.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Thursday in a press conference.

Even though Nova Scotia has had only one confirmed mpox case, experts are still advising those at risk to get vaccinated and remain vigilant.

Public health said two new cases were diagnosed in the Montreal area on March 17, after several months without any new infections.

"It seems impossible that we could forget the hard lessons that COVID-19 taught us about the importance of being prepared. But history has often proved otherwise."

Mpox - which spreads via close contact and tends to cause flu-like symptoms and pus-filled skin lesions - was declared a global health emergency by the WHO in July 2022.

LuminUltra is working on a study of wastewater at Canada's largest airport to determine what kind of subvariants of COVID-19 are present in the country.

Theresa Tam says more investments are needed to combat misinformation about vaccines and pandemic measures to ensure Canada is ready for possible new COVID-19 variants of concern.

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.

The health unit says contacts of the case are being offered a vaccine as a form of post-exposure prophylaxis.

The world is no better prepared for a new pandemic threat than it was when COVID-19 emerged in 2019, according to a review panel set up to evaluate the global response.

A Winnipeg man who has had lifelong struggles after contracting polio as a child encourages parents to make sure their children get vaccinated now that the virus has resurfaced.

The World Health Organization's top monkeypox expert said she doesn't expect the virus to turn into another pandemic, but says there are still many unknowns about the disease.

In a press release Friday, TPH said the newly-suspected case brings the total tally in the city to one confirmed case, two probable cases and five suspected cases.

A professor at the University of Toronto is using the Canadian Light Source to research HIV and investigate the key proteins in hopes of understanding how it works.

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.