Monkeypox News

• WHO to Convene Emergency Meeting on Mpox on Nov. 22 The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a statement on...
  Reuters Health Information, November 11, 2024
• Britain Identifies Its First Case Of New Mpox Variant Britain has detected its first case of new mpox variant clade Ib, the country's health security agency (UKHSA) said on Wednesday, adding that the risk to the population...
  Reuters Health Information, October 30, 2024
• WHO Approves Bavarian Nordic's Mpox Vaccine for Adolescents The World Health Organization said on Monday it had approved Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered especially...
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2024
• Cluster Of Drug-resistant Mpox Identified in Five States, US Officials Report U.S. health officials have identified a cluster of cases caused by an mpox variant that are resistant to Siga Technologies' antiviral tecovirimat, branded as TPOXX, in five...
  Reuters Health Information, October 10, 2024
• WHO Approves First Mpox Diagnostic Test for Emergency Use The World Health Organization authorized Abbott Laboratories' mpox diagnostic test for emergency use on Thursday, the first such approval in the agency's effort to bolster...
  Reuters Health Information, October 03, 2024
• US to Donate 1 Million Mpox Vaccine Doses to Halt Outbreak in Africa U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the...
  Reuters Health Information, September 24, 2024
• Alert EMA Broadens Imvanex Vaccine Use to Teens as Mpox Cases Rise With more than 200 mpox-related deaths reported globally, the EMA has approved Imvanex for adolescents aged 12-17 years.
  Medscape Medical News, September 20, 2024
• UK Government Buys Over 150,000 Doses Of Bavarian Nordic's Mpox Vaccine The UK government has ordered more than 150,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine to boost its preparedness against a new form of the virus currently spreading in...
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2024
• WHO Clears Bavarian Nordic's Vaccine for Mpox, Sets Up Access Scheme The World Health Organization and partners on Friday set up a scheme to help bring mpox vaccines, tests and treatments to the most vulnerable people in the world’s poorest...
  Reuters Health Information, September 13, 2024
• Canada to Donate 'up to 200,000' Doses Of Mpox Vaccine Canada is donating "up to 200,000" doses of mpox vaccine, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. 
  Reuters Health Information, September 11, 2024
• New Mpox Strain Is Changing Fast; African Scientists Are ‘working Blind’ to Respond Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected, and often in areas where experts...
  Reuters Health Information, August 27, 2024
• Congo Republic Declares Mpox Epidemic Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases were confirmed across five departments, including the capital Brazzaville.
  Reuters Health Information, April 24, 2024
• Reduced-Dose Vaccines Protect Patients With HIV Against Mpox The smallpox vaccine effectively induces immunity against mpox virus infection in patients with HIV, although patients with low lymphocyte counts require booster doses.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Study: Early Tecovirimat Stops Mpox Progression in HIV Pts New findings support starting tecovirimat treatment at the time of suspected mpox diagnosis in all people with HIV.
  MDedge News, January 11, 2024
• Growing Mpox Outbreak Prompts CDC Health Advisory The current outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to health and travel advisories with clinicians on the lookout for new cases.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
• CDC Issues Health Alert for Subtype of Mpox Virus in Congo The CDC issued a health alert on Thursday to notify clinicians and health departments about a deadly type of the mpox virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Stigma, Regulatory Barriers Delay Mpox Response in DRC Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a high death rate.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• Peds Immunization Schedule Includes New RSV, Mpox Vaccines Updated CDC guidance includes several new vaccines for children.
  MDedge News, November 22, 2023
• CDC Recommends Routine Use of Mpox Vaccine for Adults at Risk Bavarian Nordic said on Wednesday a CDC panel has voted in favor of recommending the routine use of Jynneos vaccine for adults at risk of mpox.
  Reuters Health Information, October 25, 2023
• China to Manage Mpox as Disease on Par With COVID-19 China plans to manage mpox in the same way it handles infectious diseases such as COVID-19 after detecting around 500 cases of the viral infection last month.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2023