Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...

In response, WHO has released a preparedness and response plan, and the U.S. government has announces plans to increase ...

The World Health Organisation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have committed to guiding the ...

Mpox strains are still mutating, further raising the risk of spread both in Africa and globally, Africa Centres for Disease ...

Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo - reporting four out of every five confirmed cases in Africa this year - will take 85% of the nearly 900,000 doses allocated ...

The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.

Kinshasa: The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health ...

Studies have shown that people living with HIV are more vulnerable to severe cases of mpox. However, even with heightened risk, they face difficulties accessing the vaccine. Many HIV-positive ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — With viral outbreaks spreading more quickly, faster responses and quicker development of new vaccines has become crucial. However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is ...

More than 1,100 people have died of mpox in Africa, where some 48,000 cases have been recorded since January, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

Experts in public health, vaccines, and other health and biology-related fields are concerned about what the next Trump ...