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Scientists from IOCB Prague move closer to developing a drug not only against monkeypox
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Scientists from IOCB Prague move closer to developing a drug not only against monkeypox

INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IOCB PRAGUE) IMAGE: SINEFUNGIN AND SAH RECOGNITION BY THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS VP39 METHYLTRANSFERASE CREDIT: JAN SILHAN ET AL / IOCB PRAGUE Scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in Prague have deciphered the structure of the protein methyltransferase from the monkeypox...

US approves monkeypox detection test, Swiss giant Roche says
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US approves monkeypox detection test, Swiss giant Roche says

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The US drugs agency has approved a test by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche that can detect monkeypox, the company said on Wednesday. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light for emergency use authorisation, Roche said in a statement, which makes it possible to accelerate the sale of drugs or...

Monkeypox mostly spreads before symptoms appear, study suggests
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Monkeypox mostly spreads before symptoms appear, study suggests

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with monkeypox can spread the virus up to four days before symptoms appear, with more than half of transmissions potentially taking place during this period, a UK study estimated Tuesday. While the findings have yet to be confirmed, they suggest that many monkeypox infections cannot be prevented by asking patients...

Monkeypox may be linked to encephalitis or confusion in some patients
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Monkeypox may be linked to encephalitis or confusion in some patients

by University College London Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (red) cultivated and purified from cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID Monkeypox can sometimes lead to neurological complications such as encephalitis (brain inflammation), confusion or seizures, finds a new review of evidence...

Why it’s important to tell people that monkeypox is predominantly affecting gay and bisexual men
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Why it’s important to tell people that monkeypox is predominantly affecting gay and bisexual men

by Kiffer George Card, The Conversation Monkeypox particles in an infected cell. Credit: NIAID, CC BY Monkeypox virus, or MPXV, is an emerging threat to public health. The World Health Organization recently declared the current outbreak a global public health emergency. For decades, several African countries have experienced ongoing outbreaks of MPXV, driven primarily by contact with animals and transmission...

Survey finds 1 in 5 Americans fear getting monkeypox, but many know little about it
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Survey finds 1 in 5 Americans fear getting monkeypox, but many know little about it

ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IMAGE: WORRY ABOUT CONTRACTING MONKEYPOX OR COVID-19 OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ASKED OF 1,580 ADULTS ON THE ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER ASK SURVEY, JULY 12-18, 2022. CREDIT: ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER PHILADELPHIA – As Covid-19 cases surge across the United States dominated by a highly...

Monkeypox found to be evolving at a faster rate than expected
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Monkeypox found to be evolving at a faster rate than expected

by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge in Portugal, working with a colleague at Lusófona University, also in Portugal, has found that the monkeypox virus has been evolving at a faster rate than expected. In their paper published in the...

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