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​A man is vaccinated at a monkeypox vaccination clinic run by CIUSSS public health authorities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 6, 2022.
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Hard Numbers: Mpox hits the 6ix, Canadian rail strike looms, sexual assaults in the US military go undercounted, J&J looks to close out talcum powder suit, the problem with city birds

93: Cases of mpox — the viral infection formerly known as monkeypox — have surged in the Toronto area, with at least 93 cases at the end of July, a fourfold increase over the same period last year.

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Hard Numbers: Danes tax cow farts, SCOTUS sides with Biden (on social), Deadly mpox strain hits DRC, China’s lunar probe returns

Nigeria’s dwindling oil output, Baltics and Poland ban Russians, Puerto Rico goes dark, China’s monkeypox warning
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Hard Numbers: Nigeria’s dwindling oil output, Baltics and Poland ban Russians, Puerto Rico goes dark, China’s monkeypox warning

Coronavirus vs monkeypox
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Coronavirus vs monkeypox

The reigning pandemic champs aren't happy about this upstart challenger -- but maybe there's a deal to be made?

How China could retaliate after Pelosi's Taiwan trip
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How China could retaliate after Pelosi's Taiwan trip

How could China possibly hit back over Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip? Will the death of the al-Qaida leader shift the dynamic between the US, Pakistan and the Taliban? With California and Illinois joining New York to declare states of emergency over monkeypox, will the US do better to react this time? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Grain ship finally departs Odesa, EU cash to Ukraine, monkeypox spreads in Brazil, BoE mulls big rate hike
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Hard Numbers: Grain ship finally departs Odesa, EU cash to Ukraine, monkeypox spreads in Brazil, BoE mulls big rate hike

Russia cutting Nord Stream 1 gas to undermine European leaders
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Russia cutting Nord Stream 1 gas to undermine European leaders

Is Russia waging a gas war with Europe? Is the world prepared to combat the growing global monkeypox outbreak? How is the UK race going to become the next prime minister? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

The myth of feeling safe from the pandemic: former CDC chief Tom Frieden
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The myth of feeling safe from the pandemic: former CDC chief Tom Frieden

Although COVID will likely become endemic sometime this year in some parts of the world, the virus will still rage on everywhere else. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer catches out on the pandemic's state of play with former CDC chief Tom Frieden, who has a message for everyone who hasn't gotten vaxxed yet: do it, since new variants could emerge and make the virus more deadly.

How depoliticizing the US health response will save lives (​COVID isn't over)
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How depoliticizing the US health response will save lives (​COVID isn't over)

We're not done with the pandemic — yet. Although COVID will likely become endemic sometime this year in some parts of the world, the virus will still rage on everywhere else. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer catches up on the pandemic's state of play with former CDC chief Tom Frieden, who has a message for everyone who hasn't gotten vaxxed yet: do it.

A woman wearing protective mask and gloves in a hospital | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: How we overcome infectious disease with a public health renaissance

Listen: Former CDC chief Tom Frieden says he's stunned by how infectious COVID is compared to other diseases. The pandemic isn't over yet, he tells Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast, thanks to long COVID plus the fact that we can't predict how the virus will play out in the future. Frieden's advice for everyone is to get vaxxed and boosted, to "keep yourself out of the hospital and, quite frankly, out of the morgue," since new variants could emerge, making the virus more deadly.