Monkeypox


UK Health Security Agency launches study to determine whether mpox can be transmitted asymptomatically, by people without any obvious symptoms
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

UK Health Security Agency launches study to determine whether mpox can be transmitted asymptomatically, by people without any obvious symptoms

The £1 million PResymptomatIc MonkEypox / Mpox (PRIME) study, funded by the Medical Research Council, is asking anyone in England aged 18 or over who knows they have been in close sexual contact with an mpox case to come forward to participate.
By Graham Robson 2 min read
“We should not be complacent about mpox.”: UK Health Security Agency publishes updated mpox statistics
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

“We should not be complacent about mpox.”: UK Health Security Agency publishes updated mpox statistics

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its latest mpox outbreak epidemiological overview, which provides an update to the number of confirmed and highly probable mpox cases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
By Graham Robson 1 min read
Research paper sheds light on those affected by monkeypox who attended sexual health services in England
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Research paper sheds light on those affected by monkeypox who attended sexual health services in England

The paper is a collaborative piece of work between the national STI team at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the British Association of Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) and utilised a bespoke data collection tool to understand the clinical presentation, clinical severity, and epidemiology of those a
By Graham Robson 2 min read
UK Health Security Agency publishes latest figures on monkeypox outbreak in the UK
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

UK Health Security Agency publishes latest figures on monkeypox outbreak in the UK

UK Health Security Agency has published its latest mpox (monkeypox) outbreak epidemiological overview, which provides an update to the number of confirmed and highly probable mpox cases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
By Graham Robson 1 min read
Second vaccine doses to be offered to those at highest risk from monkeypox
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Second vaccine doses to be offered to those at highest risk from monkeypox

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced that second doses of the smallpox (Jynneos) vaccine will be offered to people at highest risk from monkeypox – gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men – in order to maximise protection against the virus.
By Graham Robson 3 min read
LGBTQ+ groups for political parties unite to call for urgent Government action to tackle rising number of monkeypox cases
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

LGBTQ+ groups for political parties unite to call for urgent Government action to tackle rising number of monkeypox cases

The joint letter to Secretary of State for Health, Steve Barclay MP, has been signed by the LGBTQ+ groups for the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Scottish National Party.
By Graham Robson 2 min read