Vaccine alliance: COVID lessons help world deal with mpox
Lessons learned from the Covid pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic raging in Africa, according to the Gavi vaccine alliance. The Covid catastrophe brought with it “important learnings,
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Vaccines against mpox are not 'experimental'E xperts say the vaccines administered against the viral disease mpox have been used for years and are not "experimental", contrary to social media posts circulated online. They said the ...
The rise of mpox has sparked a mad dash to develop new vaccines that are safer, more effective and easier to manufacture. Moderna, a biotech best known for its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, has aimed ...
In early 2022, I cared for one of the first patients with mpox in Massachusetts. As an infectious diseases physician, I remember the deep uncertainty I felt, and the fear in my patient’s eyes as ...
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The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it's a fraction of what is neededThe U.S. last week that it donated 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines to Nigeria, where the disease has been common. It is the first known donation to Africa since the current outbreaks.
When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United States, turned to vaccines targeting the closely related smallpox ...
In August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an in-depth position paper addressing the use of vaccines ...
The current outbreak began in early 2023 in Congo, which accounts for most of the 37,500 infections and 1,451 deaths. It has ...
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