Concern grows that human medical waste implicated in virus spillovers - DispatchLIVE

Scientists are flummoxed as to what is driving the current crop of monkeypox cases - mostly identified in Europe so far - given they are predominantly not linked to travel to Africa, where it is endemic.

As the virus circulates outside Africa, there is an opportunity for spill back into animal populations, which could potentially make the virus endemic in countries beyond Africa. As we've seen with … [+505 chars]

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