LA has confirmed its first death of a resident due to monkeypox. (Getty) The US has reported its first confirmed monkeypox death. The Department of Public Health (DPH) along with the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on 12 September that an LA resident’s death was due to monkeypox. It comes after Texas
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Controversial host Kyle Sandilands has once again found himself in hot water. (Hanna Lassen/Getty) Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands has been criticised for describing monkeypox as the “big gay disease”. In a segment on a 23 August the host of Sydney-based KISS FM claimed “it’s only the gays getting it” during a talk with openly
The White House is hoping to get more monkeypox jabs in LGBTQ+ people’s arms during Pride. (ichael M. Santiago/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ Pride events in the US are to get more monkeypox vaccines as part of a new targeted approach by the White House. The Biden-Harris administration is hoping to prevent the disease from spilling out
Dr Will Nutland says the team wanted to offer monkeypox vaccines at UK Black Pride after seeing a “huge inequality in who’s getting the vaccine”. (Twitter/@TeamPrepster/PinkNews) A not-for-profit team gave free monkeypox vaccines to attendees at UK Black Pride to address the “huge inequity” in who is able to get the vaccine. Dr Will Nutland
Monkeypox cases have spiralled in the US. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) The US federal government has declared monkeypox a public health emergency as the outbreak becomes the largest in the world. Health and human resources secretary Xavier Becerra issued the declaration Thursday (4 August) at a time when the US grapples with more than 6,600 cases.
As Americans struggle to obtain the monkeypox vaccine, some queer men are travelling abroad to ensure they’re protected. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Some queer men are driving thousands of miles from the US to Canada to get a jab of the monkeypox vaccine. With cases of the once-rare virus in
Timothy Farage’s deleted tweet next to his portrait. (image: Twitter/University photo) University professor Timothy Farage is under investigation after calling for a “cure for homosexuality”. Farage, a computer science professor at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), sparked outrage after he suggested ‘curing’ gay men in light of the monkeypox outbreak. He made the
UKHSA has issued a warning to Pride goers. (Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a warning ahead of Pride weekend following yet another spike in monkeypox infections. The number of confirmed cases of the rare virus has risen by 159 to 1,235 as of Thursday (30 June), up from 1,076
Illustration of meningococcemia, the dissemination of bacteria Neisseria meningitidis into the bloodstream. (Getty) An outbreak of meningococcal disease primarily affecting queer men in Florida is one of the worst outbreaks in US history, the CDC has said. As of Thursday (23 June) there have been 24 cases and seven deaths of gay and bisexual men
Gay and bisexual men at high risk of contracting monkeypox are to be offered vaccines against the virus as cases soar in the UK. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recommended the smallpox vaccine Imvanex be administered, which has been shown to be effective against monkeypox. Although the virus is not sexually transmitted, or
Monkeypox lesions. (UKHSA) UK monkeypox cases have now reached 470, with men making up 99 per cent of all confirmed cases. On Sunday (12 June), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a further 104 cases of monkeypox had been confirmed in England, bringing the UK total to 470. There are currently 452 confirmed cases
James McFadzean has been described in the press as Britain’s first public case of monkeypox. (James McFadzean) Monkeypox is already being treated as a “gay disease” in the same way HIV was, Britain’s “first monkeypox patient to go public” has warned. Since 13 May, when the first case in the monkeypox outbreak was reported, health authorities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed there are 25 cases of monkeypox across 11 states. (Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed there are now 25 cases of monkeypox in the US as it warns of community spread. The CDC has identified 25 confirmed monkeypox
The stages of monkeypox. (UK Health Security Agency) Monkeypox is continuing to spread across the UK and Europe, while the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict has surpassed 100 million for the first time. Elsewhere, Ellen DeGeneres is preparing to bow out from her world famous talkshow and footballer Jake Daniels continues to be