Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of ...

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

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

The rash can leave long-term permanent scars if not properly managed ... The NHS is offering the smallpox (MVA) vaccine to ...

YEALA TOWN, Lofa County – Junior cries to his mother as another stranger approaches the front of their house. The two-year-old has met too many new people since he came down with mpox in August. By ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the virus, and another 7 million for the rest of Africa. So far, WHO and ...

In light of the recent cases of mpox in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has taken yet another step to cub the infection. On October 24, 2024 it announced that it has activated the ...

Mpox vaccine roll-out begins in Africa: what will success look like? However, the pattern did not show up in a report posted to a preprint server in August 1. In that study, a team sequenced clade ...

Bavarian Nordic is looking to expand the approval label of its MVA-BN mpox/smallpox vaccine to include children between two and 11 years of age and has started a Phase II trial to support the ...

Clinical study in children 2-11 years of age follows the recent EMA and WHO approvals of the MVA-BN mpox vaccine for adolescents 12-17 of age. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 29, 2024 - Bavarian ...