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FILE - The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022. The World Health Organization says monkeypox still does not warrant being declared a global emergency even though it's spreading in more than 70 countries. The decision announced on Saturday was the second time within weeks that WHO's emergency committee declined to classify the unprecedented outbreak of the once-rare disease as an emergency.

U.N. health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

July 23, 2022, 11:35am Health

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

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the United States: a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident, health officials said Friday, July 22, 2022. (Cynthia S.

Two children diagnosed with monkeypox in U.S., officials say

July 22, 2022, 5:22pm Health

Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday. Read story

Privacy experts worry that women's personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and shared with police or sold to vigilantes in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on abortion.

Democrats widen scrutiny of tech over abortion data

July 22, 2022, 4:35pm Business

Democratic representatives are widening their scrutiny into the role of tech companies in collecting the personal data of people who may be seeking an abortion, as lawmakers, regulators and the Biden administration grapple with the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling last month ending the constitutional protections for abortion. Read story

Washingtonians seek monkeypox vaccines out of state, since they can’t get them here

July 22, 2022, 7:38am Health

The number of monkeypox infections in Washington state has more than tripled in the past couple of weeks, prompting a growing number of residents frustrated with the slow pace of vaccine distribution to start looking out of state for shots. Read story

Tri-Cities area may have 1st monkeypox case in Eastern Washington

July 22, 2022, 7:37am Health

The Benton Franklin Health District is investigating in the Tri-Cities area what likely is the first probable case of monkeypox in Eastern Washington. Read story

Health Wire

U.N. health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

Two children diagnosed with monkeypox in U.S., officials say

Democrats widen scrutiny of tech over abortion data

Washingtonians seek monkeypox vaccines out of state, since they can’t get them here

Tri-Cities area may have 1st monkeypox case in Eastern Washington

Washington hospitals facing ‘unsustainable’ financial losses, in danger of cutting services

New York reports 1st U.S. polio case in nearly a decade

Mistrust lingers in Black communities amid 988 launch

Teens have highest risk of dying on the road

Hospital leaders call on Washington to help with ‘unprecedented’ capacity crisis