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<p>The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocking-monkeypox-screw-up-means-we-need-to-admit-we-now-face-two-pandemics">World Health Organization</a> has declared <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/first-two-us-kids-have-monkeypox-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-says">monkeypox</a> a global health emergency—its highest alert, per CNBC, which indicates that a coordinated international response is needed to stem the spread and prevent a pandemic. </p>
<p>The WHO’s last global health emergency was COVID-19 in 2020. </p>
<p>WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday overruled a panel of advisers after they were unable to come to a consensus and declared a “public health emergency of international concern.” The only other diseases that WHO uses this designation for are COVID-19 and polio.</p>
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The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a global health emergency—its highest alert, per CNBC, which indicates that a coordinated international response is needed to stem the spread and prevent a pandemic.
The WHO’s last global health emergency was COVID-19 in 2020.
WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday overruled a panel of advisers after they were unable to come to a consensus and declared a “public health emergency of international concern.” The only other diseases that WHO uses this designation for are COVID-19 and polio.
