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Contents:

• MONKEYPOX AND THE GAY COMMUNY
• GAY FTIVALS LKED TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK
• AS MONKEYPOX STRIK GAY MEN, OFFICIALS BATE WARNGS TO LIM PARTNERS
• GAY HEALTH CENTERS RPOND TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK
• MONKEYPOX SURG NYC AND NEW DATA REVEALS THE GAY MEN MOST AT RISK

MONKEYPOX AND THE GAY COMMUNY

Spanish health thori believe that a strg of new monkeypox s is lked to a gay sna near Madrid and a Pri event the Canary Islands that drew tens of thoands of announced 23 new s Friday.

Spanish officials said monkeypox s there have been traced to a Gay Pri celebratn the Canary Islands that drew tens of thoands of revelers. A study published the New England Journal of Medice found that 98% of people diagnosed wh the vis between April and June more than a dozen untri intify as gay or bisexual men, and the WHO says that 99% of U. Ashish Jha urged people not to "e this moment to propagate homophobic or transphobic msagg, " stead enuragg them to stick to evince and facts, and to do so rpectfully.

GAY FTIVALS LKED TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK

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AS MONKEYPOX STRIK GAY MEN, OFFICIALS BATE WARNGS TO LIM PARTNERS

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GAY HEALTH CENTERS RPOND TO MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK

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So ’s not jt about tg people about managg your dividual risk, ’s alg wh a new outbreak that we uld potentially nta and snuff out before embeds self long term the gay muny. As of this Monday, there have been over 100 new nfirmed s of monkeypox reported 14 untri a recent outbreak — and some experts are potg to gay gatherg spots Spa as s possible largt clters so far have occurred Europe, particularly Spa. This had led some health experts to hypothize that the outbreak origated the untry, and are potg to two specific hot spots where gay and bisexual men have recently gathered: a gay pri event the Canary Islands early May that drew about 80, 000 people, as well as a sna Madrid.

MONKEYPOX SURG NYC AND NEW DATA REVEALS THE GAY MEN MOST AT RISK

The majory of the s nfirmed sce 7 May have been Europe, wh the UK total now at 179, and gay, bisexual and queer men have been disproportnately affected. “The gay and bisexual muni have high awarens and rapid health-seekg behavur when to their and their muni’ sexual health. David Heymann, who formerly head WHO’s emergenci partment, told the Associated Prs that the leadg theory to expla the spread of the disease was sexual transmissn among gay and bisexual men at two ftivals held Spa and Belgium.

Further, the Daily Mail also reports that Spanish thori have lked nfirmed monkeypox s to a ‘sna, ’ “which Spa is ed to scribe tablishments popular wh gay men lookg for sex rather than jt a bathhoe. 'Notable Proportn' of the UK and European Cas Gay and Bisexual Men.