WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission, says virus can be stopped

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Mpox outbreak in Africa poses risks for refugees, displaced communities

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Disposable vape products creating worldwide pollution

The rapid rise in disposable electronic cigarette, or vape, usage is creating a tidal wave of pollution, and it’s raising serious environmental concerns

Congo-Brazzaville reports 21 mpox cases

Brazzaville, Congo — Twenty-one cases of mpox have been recorded in Congo-Brazzaville, the country's health minister told state television Sunday

NASA decides to keep 2 stranded astronauts in space until February

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX

Cholera poses new risks for millions of Sudan’s displaced

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Volcano in Iceland erupts for sixth time since December

COPENHAGEN, denmark — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in its sixth outbreak since December

Second set of giant panda cubs born in Berlin

BERLIN — The Berlin Zoo announced Friday that longtime resident giant panda Meng Meng has given birth to twins — for a second time

Cholera spreads as Sudan grapples with rains and displacement

Port Sudan — For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the last month as rains fall in areas crammed with those fleeing the country's 16-month-old war, officials said

Growth of rooftop solar power generation threatens grid in Pakistan

A green revolution is sweeping Pakistan as consumers switch to generating their own solar electricity

UN agencies help in attempts to contain mpox in south, east Africa

Harare, Zimbabwe — The United Nations said Thursday it is working with governments and health officials in Eastern and Southern Africa to contain the outbreak of mpox there

Botswana begins mpox screening at entry points

Gaborone, Botswana — Health officials in Botswana have started screening travelers for mpox at the country's entry points

Palestinians appeal to Israeli court about water shortage

Palestinian residents of a Jerusalem neighborhood have appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding they be supplied with more water

Thailand says mpox case recorded in traveler from Africa 

BANGKOK — Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday

WHO: Mpox is not the new COVID

Berlin — The World Health Organization reports that basic public health measures can stop outbreaks of mpox and potentially eliminate transmission of the virus, which has caused 99,176 cases of the disease and 208 deaths globally since 2022