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WHO urged others to use the new preferred term after receiving complaints that the current name for the disease was racist and stigmatising.

The virus is known to spread via close contact and causes symptoms including fever, body aches and often painful pus-filled skin lesions.

Monkeypox and HIV have collided with tragic effects, Dr. Jonathan Mermin said.

California had the most confirmed cases among US states so far, with 4,656 cases.

Wu calls for people to avoid "skin-to-skin contact" with people who have been abroad within the past three weeks as well as all "strangers".

Rosamund Lewis said physical contact of any kind with someone who has the virus would put them at risk of catching it too.

The monkeypox virus may cause intense pain but the psychological scars of the illness can be just as devastating, says sufferers.

Rosamund Lewis said "waste management is critical" to lowering the risk of contaminating rodents and other animals outside the household.

Experts warn the name can be stigmatising to the primates it was named after, but who play little role in its spread.

With monkeypox surging across the world, experts are gathering more evidence on how people catch it and its typical symptoms.

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Anyone can spread the virus, but the current outbreak outside of Africa is concentrated almost exclusively among men who have sex with men.

France has enough doses to vaccinate a target population of about 250,000 people, health minister Francois Braun said.

The monkeypox outbreak has infected more than 5,800 Americans.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

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The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.