The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared mpox (monkeypox) a global public health emergency. “Today, the emergency committee met and advised me that in its view the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced. WATCH: NOW – WHO's Tedros declares global "mpox" emergency. pic.twitter.com/2CPJE1JUFR — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 14, 2024 Per Reuters: The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. Mpox can spread through close contact. Usually mild, it is fatal in rare cases. It causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body. Determining a disease outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern” or PHEIC — the WHO’s highest level of alert — can accelerate research, funding and international public health measures and co-operation to contain a disease. The outbreak in Congo began with the spread of an endemic strain, known as clade I. But a new variant, clade Ib, appears to spread more easily through routine close contact, including sexual contact. It has spread from Congo to neighbouring countries, including Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, triggering the action from the WHO. 83 days before the election, the World Health Organization (WHO) has just declared monkey pox a “global health emergency”. Interesting timing. pic.twitter.com/FyDwrQuIHw — Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 14, 2024 #BREAKING: The World Health Organization has declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern. pic.twitter.com/Md7LRRXUhd — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 14, 2024 “It’s clear that a coordinated international response is essential to stop these outbreaks and save lives,” Ghebreyesus added. From the Associated Press: Earlier this week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the mpox outbreaks were a public health emergency, with more than 500 deaths, and called for international help to stop the virus’ spread. “This is something that should concern us all … The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Africa CDC previously said mpox, also known as monkeypox, has been detected in 13 countries this year, and more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo. Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year. So far, there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 people have died. “We are now in a situation where (mpox) poses a risk to many more neighbors in and around central Africa,” said Salim Abdool Karim, a South African infectious diseases expert who chairs the Africa CDC emergency group. He said the new version of mpox spreading from Congo appears to have a death rate of about 3-4%. In 2022, WHO declared mpox to be a global emergency after it spread to more than 70 countries that had not previously reported mpox, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men. In that outbreak, fewer than 1% of people died.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has ordered sovereign nations to coordinate a global response to what he describes as the “Mpox international health emergency” following a minor outbreak in isolated parts of the [...] The post WHO Declares ‘International Mpox Emergency’ and Orders ‘Global Co-ordinated Response’ appeared first on The People's Voice.

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Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney came down hard on two Hollywood directors during a newly published interview with GQ. The 63-year-old said he’d never again work with BAFTA and Golden Globe winner David O. Russell. “The older you get, time allotment is very different,” Clooney told the outlet in a joint interview with Brad Pitt. “Five months out of your life is a lot.” “And so it’s not just like, ‘Oh, I’m going to go do a really good film, like ‘Three Kings,’ and I’m going to have a miserable f*** like David O. Russell making my life hell. Making every person in the crew’s life hell,’” he continued. “It’s not worth it. Not at this point in my life. Just to have a good product.” Clooney appeared in the 1999 comedy war film written and directed by Russell alongside Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze. The movie follows four American soldiers attempting to steal a hidden stockpile of Saddam Hussein’s gold in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Russell is known for working on hit films, including “The Fighter” (2010), “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012), and “American Hustle” (2013). Clooney also aired his beef with director Quentin Tarantino, seemingly referencing the two-time Academy Award winner’s comment about Clooney not having a hit “in this millennium.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “Quentin said some s*** about me recently, so I’m a little irritated by him,” the actor said. “He did some interview where he was naming movie stars, and he was talking about you, and somebody else, and then this guy goes, ‘Well, what about George?’ He goes, he’s not a movie star. And then he literally said something like, ‘Name me a movie since the millennium.’ And I was like, ‘Since the millennium? That’s kind of my whole f***ing career.’” Clooney said, “So now I’m like, all right, dude, f*** off. I don’t mind giving him s***. He gave me s***.” Despite his negative remarks, the actor said he felt “really lucky” to have the opportunity to “work with these great directors.” “Director and screenplay is what keeps you alive,” Clooney told GQ. “And I learned that after doing some really bad films. You can’t make a good film out of a bad script. You can’t do it. You can make a bad film out of a good script. You can f*** it up.”