Monkeypox - Stopping the Spread and the Stigma
08/16/22 • 12 min
In this episode, our guest, Dr. Ali Khan, talks to our host, Maggie Fox, about what the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency, monkeypox.
Is monkeypox similar to COVID-19? Why is this disease spreading so quickly now? Is this cause for panic? Let’s find out!
In this episode, our guest, Dr. Ali Khan, talks to our host, Maggie Fox, about what the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency, monkeypox.
Is monkeypox similar to COVID-19? Why is this disease spreading so quickly now? Is this cause for panic? Let’s find out!
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One World, One Health - Monkeypox - Stopping the Spread and the Stigma
Transcript
Maggie Fox:
Hello and Welcome to One World, One Health with the latest ideas to improve the health of our planet and its people. I'm Maggie Fox.
Planet Earth faces many challenges: pollution, climate change, and new and reemerging infectious diseases like COVID. This podcast is brought to you by the One Health Trust with bite-sized insights into ways to help.
In this episode, we're talking to Dr. Ali Khan, who's the Dean of the College of Public Health at
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