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New York State on Thursday declared the Monkeypox outbreak an imminent threat to public health as the Biden administration struggles to combat the spread of the viral disease. 

Gay and bisexual men at risk of catching monkeypox were told Wednesday to reduce their number of sexual partners “for the moment” by World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

China-based diagnostic test makers expect to profit considerably from the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) recent decision to declare monkeypox a “public health emergency,” as the W.H.O. requested mass orders of monkeypox testing kits from at least two such manufacturers shortly after the declaration, China’s state-run Global Times reported on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden is recovering from coronavirus, but it is unclear if he is prepared to personally fight monkeypox should the disease enter the White House.

Appearing Tuesday on CNN’s New Day, White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Biden administration is actively considering declaring the spread of Monkeypox in the United States an emergency. 

New York City now has over 1,000 confirmed Monkeypox cases, according to the city’s Health Department. 

According to the CDC, Joe Biden’s America leads the world in monkeypox cases.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday used the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) controversial declaration of a global monkeypox emergency to demand quarantines for the disease, throwing in some sneers at the Western world for trying to live with the Wuhan coronavirus instead of imposing the devastating citywide “zero-Covid” lockdowns China insists upon.

In a total reversal of their coronavirus approach, the U.S. government and corporate media are not engaging in any kind of behavior-shaming to halt the spread of Monkeypox.

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the “unprecedented” measure this weekend of ignoring the agency’s special advisory committee to declare the spread of monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern” – despite his lack of medical background and his own admission that the risk of it spreading was “moderate” at worst.

The Biden administration’s failures to adequately handle the monkeypox epidemic have drawn criticism from lawmakers of various political persuasions.

Comedian Dave Chappelle reportedly pulled no punches at his Minneapolis show this past week where he blasted his critics.

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that it is a “real problem” people in his congressional district can not get vaccinated for monkeypox due to shortages.

President Joe Biden’s White House stands four-square behind World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and his unilateral declaration of a monkeypox global emergency.

After infecting nearly 3,000 people in the United States, two children have now contracted the monkeypox virus. The two children — an infant and a toddler — were on opposite coasts of the U.S. when diagnosed.

LONDON (AP) – The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

(AFP) – Faced with a surge in monkeypox cases, the head of the World Health Organization is Saturday expected to declare if the agency has decided to classify the outbreak as a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound.

A 27-year-old Nigerian went missing from Phuket, Thailand, in recent days after health officials informed him that he tested positive for monkeypox, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported Friday, noting that the African’s infection marked Thailand’s first-ever monkeypox case.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the United States climbed by more than 500 over a five-day period.

The number of monkeypox cases in Germany has risen to over 2,000 according to statistics released on Tuesday, as the European Union continues sourcing tens of thousands of jabs to help fight off the virus surge.

As the number of Monkeypox cases grows across the United States, one expert is warning that the country is currently ill-equipped to battle the viral disease.  

The nation’s capital is experiencing the largest outbreak of monkeypox per capita, WTOP news reported Monday.

New York City health officials report the number of confirmed monkeypox cases nearly doubled in the last five days. Lines for vaccinations stretch for blocks.

Demonstrators in San Francisco protested Monday against what they called the federal government’s “failure” to provide enough monkeypox vaccine to prevent the outbreak from becoming a major problem, particularly in the gay community.

New York City now has three mass vaccination sites set up to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak in its five boroughs.

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the window to control the spread of the monkeypox virus in the United States may be closed.

Soaring monkeypox case numbers have been cited by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) as the reason it will reconvene its expert committee to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.

Democrat officials on the east and west coasts condemned the Biden administration’s failures to distribute the vaccine for preventing the spread of monkeypox in sufficient quantities. In California, officials in San Francisco fear widespread increases in the number of cases while New York City officials report a spike in infections.

An official in New York City reports a spike in monkeypox cases where incidents more than doubled in the past week. The official states the outbreak in the nation’s largest city accounts for 30 percent of all U.S. cases.

The demand for the monkeypox vaccine has steadily increased throughout the United States as the Biden administration has failed to keep up the supply. 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday on CNN’s “OutFront” that the criticism of the Biden administration on their response to the demand for monkeypox vaccine doses across the United States was “justified.”

The global monkeypox outbreak is not currently a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced Saturday after a meeting at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting Thursday at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to decide a new name for monkeypox while determining if its spread is an emergency of international concern.

The strange public relations campaign surrounding the monkeypox outbreak took another turn on Saturday, as the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced it would no longer distinguish between “endemic and non-endemic countries” to create a more “unified response” to the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has delivered intimate guidance for those considering sexual activity in an age of monkeypox. The tips come under the published heading Social Gatherings, Safer Sex and Monkeypox.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced on Tuesday that it will officially rename the monkeypox to address stigma.