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With the young generation increasingly using e-cigarettes, advertised by the tobacco industry as "less harmful than traditional cigarettes," experts are concerned about the long-term repercussions of these devices, which remain poorly understood and could pose unforeseen risks.

New WHO/Europe report reveals high rates of unprotected sex among adolescents across Europe, with significant implications for health and safety

Experts warn that it is only a matter of time before more cases of the new contagious variant of monkeypox (mpox Clade Ib) are identified in Europe. This follows the first imported case reported in Sweden a week ago.

Palestinian boy Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian who contracted polio a month ago sleeps surrounded by family members in their displacement tent in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Aug. 27, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared mpox a global health emergency, mpox is highly unlikely to lead to school closures, according to physicians and public health experts in the U.S., local media reported.

Ankara's local health authorities have refuted claims that two hospitals in the capital have initiated Türkiye's first mpox quarantine.

The private broadcaster Sözcü TV reported that an individual brought to Ankara Etlik City Hospital was quarantined under suspicion of mpox.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, walk past sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen from a cooler at a vaccinations site on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent

Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, addressed the ongoing mpox situation at the UN Geneva Palais Briefing on August 20, 2024. He highlighted three main points regarding the global response to the virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak is not comparable to the Covid-19 pandemic, as the virus is well-understood and there are existing methods to control it.