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12 people being monitored after monkeypox contact

Health officials are monitoring the condition of 12 people who were in close contact with a traveller diagnosed with monkeypox who transited through Thailand for two hours while en route to Australia.

Bangkok Post · May 30, 2022

Special Report: Tobacco's toxic reach

The environmental impacts of the tobacco industry, and its attempts to divert attention from them, are only beginning to be realised.

360info · May 30, 2022

Don't be fooled by Big Tobacco's sustainability awards

Tobacco companies want you to know they are great corporate citizens. But it’s all a fig leaf for their environmental offences.

360info · May 30, 2022

How worried should you be about monkeypox?

Almost 180 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Monkeypox: What we know about rare virus as more cases confirmed around globe

Tropical disease now detected in 23 countries including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Signs and symptoms of Monkeypox: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease now detected in 23 countries outside of Africa including UK, US, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Deadly Nose-bleed Fever Shocks Iraq as Cases Surge

Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. The sight of the health workers, dressed in full protective kit, is one that has become common in the Iraqi countryside, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 29, 2022

Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco control

National Tobacco Control Programme was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was 51.1 per cent

The Hindu · May 29, 2022

Do wood burners add to air pollution in cities? Yes, say citizen scientists

Pioneering Bristol study blames the solid-fuel burners in people’s homes for breaches of World Health Organisation guidelines

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

No monkeypox cases in India so far, say officials

Monitoring spread of pox and WHO alert on acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: official

The Hindu · May 28, 2022