Smallpox may be gone but U.S. should better prepare for its
WEBMar 26, 2024 · Smallpox may be gone but U.S. should better prepare for its return, report says. Improved vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics needed for old foe, and could also help against new ones like the mpox virus, panel concludes. …
Bavarian Nordic gets $63 million US government order for small …
WEB4 hours ago · Bavarian Nordic has received an order worth $63 million from the U.S. government to produce additional bulk product and the final freeze-dried doses of its mpox and smallpox vaccine, Jynneos, it ...
Victory over smallpox has lessons for public health threats in ... - NPR
WEBMar 18, 2024 · Smallpox workers understood the need to build trust through partnerships: The WHO's global smallpox eradication program paired its epidemiologists with Indian and Bangladeshi community health...
Vials labeled ‘smallpox’ found at vaccine research facility in ...
WEBNov 16, 2021 · Several vials labeled “smallpox” have been found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
Smallpox vaccines can protect against monkeypox, and U.S
WEBMay 24, 2022 · Smallpox spurred humanity's earliest vaccines. The strain of monkeypox that has been reported in the U.S. and Europe has had a 1 percent fatality rate in the past, according to the World Health...
Smallpox vaccination in childhood could offer protection against ...
WEBAug 23, 2024 · The study findings suggest that historical childhood smallpox vaccination in a European setting could protect two-thirds of men against mpox caused by MPXV clade II.
Monkeypox is in the news. Why are we talking about smallpox?
WEBAug 9, 2022 · Smallpox was eradicated in 1980, so few people born after that year are vaccinated against it. Now the vaccine is being used to protect people from monkeypox. Here's what to know.
FDA approves first live, non-replicating vaccine to prevent …
WEBThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Jynneos Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Non-Replicating, for the prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in...
FDA approves drug to treat smallpox | FDA - U.S. Food and Drug ...
WEBFDA approved Tembexa to treat smallpox. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980, but there are concerns that the virus could be used as a bioweapon.
Action Needed to Improve U.S. Smallpox Readiness and …
WEBMar 26, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that action is needed to enhance U.S. readiness for smallpox and related diseases, as well as to improve diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics that could be used in case of an outbreak.
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