SESSIONS Airborne Precautions (DIY and more) Big Pharma and “Vaccine Apartheid” Collaboration Not Siloed COVID Responses in South American Countries Essential Data Harm Reduction Healthy Survival and Prevention – Networking from people in Physical Distancing How to Build Zerocovid Spaces – Spaces to Celebrate Life Together! How To Light Up on Social Media Listening to … Continued
WHO Continues to Ignore Long COVID Catastrophe by Shea O’Neil – 11/16/2022Verified by the World Health Network – Covid Action Group [Expert Advisory Group] How to Pull Out the Worms and Focus on the Spaghetti and Meatballs When Reading the News Misinformation is often intertwined with facts that are either intentionally or unintentionally placed as … Continued
1. Introduction Mpox (Monkeypox, MPX) is a viral zoonotic disease with symptoms similar to smallpox, although with less clinical severity. MPX was first discovered in 1958 in colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the original name ‘monkeypox.’ The first human case of mpox was reported by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in … Continued
Lazarus JV, Romero D, Kopka CJ, Karim SA, Abu-Raddad LJ, Almeida G, with 40 contributors and nearly 400 panelists Nature 2022 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05398-2 We Need a Global Solution to the COVID-19 Crisis The consensus provides a practical proposal to end COVID and address future outbreaks WHAT IS THE NATURE COVID-19 CONSENSUS ABOUT? Who Led the Nature COVID-19 … Continued
DECEMBER 12, 2022: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS China is the biggest trading partner of most countries. The next SARS-CoV-2 wave in China may cause major disruptions in supply chains, including between other countries and in items that contain Chinese parts or materials. AUGUST 29, 2022: MONKEYPOX SELF-INOCULATION Individuals infected with monkeypox can self-inoculate themselves (spread the … Continued
BackgroundMonkeypox (or MPXV for short) is a DNA virus from the Orthopox family (Orthopoxvirus, which includes smallpox, cowpox and more), so named after it was discovered in laboratory monkeys in Denmark in 1958. It was first identified in humans in Central and West Africa in 1970. Over the next decade, 47 cases were reported, 38 … Continued
Written by: Carlos Gershenson – UNAM & WHN By now, we all have become used to the familiar wave-like resurgence of COVID-19: cases go up until the population starts taking protective actions voluntarily, governments set up restrictions, and/or the most easily transmitting population starts to saturate. Collective action is relatively easy at the top of … Continued
DECLARATION OF MONKEYPOX A GLOBAL PANDEMICJUNE 22, 2022WORLD HEALTH NETWORK In view of: The World Health Network (WHN) declares the monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Global Concern, by which it indicates that this outbreak is not limited to a single country or region and should be addressed by immediate actions taken wherever community … Continued
It is time for the global public health community to recognize a growing reality: Monkeypox is now a pandemic. And unless we act quickly to combat it, we could end up repeating the mistakes of our battle with Covid-19.
Monkeypox is a virus closely related to smallpox and cowpox that historically has been found in Western and Central Africa. Cases have recently been identified in multiple countries across several continents. Case reporting can be followed using online compilations [1,2]. Here are answers to a few key questions: REFERENCES: