A day after state government guidelines were issued for responding to Mpox cases, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), announced the company is developing a vaccine against the disease with hopes for a “positive outcome” within a year, as reported by TOI. The new vaccine aims to address the risks posed by …
The mpox vaccination drive will begin within a few days, according to Africa’s top public health agency. According to a Reuters report, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries would most likely administer the mpox vaccine within days. Vaccination …
By Maggie Fick London: Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic could ramp up production of its mpox vaccine even before having orders lined up, based on the outcome of talks this week with the World Health Organisation, the company’s CEO told Reuters on Tuesday. Chief Executive Officer Paul Chaplin said in an interview that the company …
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared mpox as a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC). And while agencies worldwide are tracking the spread of the pestilence, one facet of this PHEIC mirrors COVID-19, the one before it: bushmeat. While the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was identified as the epicentre site …
Early Use Of Mpox Antiviral Shows Promise Among People With HIV New York: Using antiviral tecovirimat (Tpoxx) within 7 days of mpox symptom onset is associated with lower rates of mpox disease progression among people with HIV (PWH), according to a study. The cohort study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was based on outcomes seen …