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Emergent Bio's smallpox vaccine gets US approval for mpox
A new strain of mpox, emerging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is evolving faster than scientists anticipated, presenting...
Sep 8, 2024


DRC: Child mpox cases surge 75-fold in worst hit province
Save the Children reports an alarming 75-fold increase in mpox cases among children and young people under 19 in the Democratic Republic...
Sep 8, 2024


UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines
UNICEF has launched an emergency tender for mpox vaccines in response to the outbreak declared a public health emergency by both the...
Sep 8, 2024


African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west
African countries grappling with a new mpox variant are still awaiting promised vaccines, delaying the planned rollout. The Democratic...
Sep 8, 2024


Experts blame Africa's mpox outbreaks on neglect, world's inability to stop epidemics
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the first doses should reach DRC "within days." However, similar assurances about U.S....
Sep 8, 2024


Mpox: French health authorities recommend booster shot to combat risk of new outbreak
The French National Authority for Health (HAS) continues to recommend mpox vaccination for at-risk groups, despite the waning of the...
Sep 8, 2024


Moderna’s First mRNA Mpox Vaccine Beats Licensed Rival Shots In Early Testing
Moderna's experimental mRNA mpox vaccine has outperformed existing licensed vaccines in a groundbreaking study published in Cell. The...
Sep 8, 2024


Mpox Is Back in the News. Here's What Clinicians Need to Know
Africa faces a resurgent mpox outbreak, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at its epicenter. This crisis, marked by the...
Sep 8, 2024


The Democratic Republic of Congo receives first Mpox vaccines
The Africa CDC and UNICEF have delivered 99,100 doses of JYNNEOS mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking the...
Sep 8, 2024
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