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Despite being declared a global public health emergency on Wednesday, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says monkeypox, or “mpox,” is not “the new COVID,” amid rising fears.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has raised its risk level for mpox to moderate, and Canadian experts say the strain of monkeypox spreading rapidly through African countries could make its way here. Joe Scarpelli has the details and more in Health Matters for Aug. 16, 2024.

For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern. Jackson Proskow reports on the new strain spreading rapidly in Africa; how mpox is transmitted; its symptoms; the push for high-risk groups to get vaccinated; and where cases are...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canadians deserve answers about how Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and his son Mostafa, who are both accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Toronto, got into Canada. How Miller also says he intends to find out if the father should have his Canadian citizenship revoked. For the second time in...

A team of scientists from Dalhousie University is working alongside field researchers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and they’ve discovered a new strain of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). Unlike typical strain, this one can spread among individuals through community contact. Ella MacDonald reports.

A lab at the University of Lethbridge is making a new genetic discovery to help fight mpox. The virus formerly known as Monkeypox made headlines last year due to a global outbreak. Now, researchers believe they’ve identified DNA sequences that could lead the way for novel treatments.

Doctors in Canada are investigating suspected cases of monkeypox after a handful of cases of the viral infection were detected in the U.K., Spain and Portugal.

For many of us, monkeypox is a virus we hadn’t heard of before this month. And while it is spreading, how worried do we need to be? We spoke with infectious disease physician, Allison McGeer who breaks it all down with a reassuring outlook.

Public health officers continue to watch out for more monkeypox infections in Canada, as case numbers climb — but giving out more information about them is proving to be controversial. Jamie Mauracher has more on the stigma surrounding the virus, the groups it affects, and how that creates challenges for tracking it.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam spoke Friday about the various vaccine strategies being looked at for monkeypox, including certain higher risk contacts of people who may have been diagnosed with the disease or also potentially prior to exposure. While there has not been a specific vaccine created for monkeypox, data shows the...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday the global spread of monkeypox was “unusual” due to the lack of connection to travel to Africa, where the disease is primarily seen. She stressed the infection risk to the overall Canadian population was “low.”

Andy Seale, an advisor with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programme, said during a Q&A on Monday that although monkeypox appears to be being transmitted among men who identify as gay or bisexual, “this is not a gay disease.” Sexual contact is not needed to spread the monkeypox virus, Seale said,...

Dr. Brent Roussin responds to inquires surrounding the Moneypox Virus. Roussin states health care providers are maintaining a high degree of suspicion to detect traces of the Virus in Manitoba.

Toronto officials are investigating the first suspected case of Monkeypox in the city. According to the public health department, the man is in his 40s and had recent contact with a person who travelled to Montreal. The person is stable and recuperating in hospital, according to a release by the department.

Dr. Mylène Drouin, Montreal’s public health director, said the city was reporting 126 cases as of Tuesday. She said at the beginning of the outbreak there were three hospitalizations, but now no one is in hospital as the majority of cases are not severe.

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that countries need to increase surveillance through testing and ensure more access to vaccines and antivirals to combat monkeypox as the virus continues to spread. He also said he’s concerned about sustained transmission as it could move into higher-risk groups, adding that some children have...

The BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed its first case of monkeypox in the Vancouver Coastal Health area on Mon. June 6, 2022. Shortly afterward, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix reiterated that overall risk to the public is low, but steps are underway to support the patient and bring awareness about monkeypox to the community.

Ten years after the Port Coquitlam teen took her own life, Amanda Todd’s alleged tormentor stands trial. Why a man arrested Friday in the Trina Hunt investigation has since been released. And what we know about B.C.’s first case of monkeypox and the risk to the public.

Warning: This video may contain disturbing content. Discretion is advised. Monkeypox cases are growing worldwide, but even as health officials say the risk to the public is still low, a new survey finds the disease has Canadians concerned. Jamie Mauracher reports.

B.C. health officials are stepping up their vaccination efforts against the spread of monkeypox in this province. As Richard Zussman reports, it’s meant to coincide with the return of Pride festivities in Vancouver this weekend.