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MPOX: Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak; why vaccines are just arriving

Mon, 2024-08-26 10:03 — mike kraft
Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. Reuters Reuters
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Ebola: Merck's Ebola vaccine Ervebo shown to offer substantial protection--study

Fri, 2024-08-23 10:59 — mike kraft

Merck Ebola vaccine Ervebo shown to offer substantial protection | STAT (statnews.com)

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WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before its formal approval

Fri, 2024-08-23 10:22 — mike kraft

 

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Opinion: Another Pandemic Looms... We’re Still Not Ready

Thu, 2024-08-22 11:22 — mike kraft

Just one day after the World Health Organization declared the deadly mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, Sweden reported its first case of a dangerous strain of the disease (and there may be more cases). The threat of a pandemic of mpox is here yet again. To curb this crisis, the affected countries in Africa need tests, vaccines and people to respond. Now.

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Mpox: Congo reports more than 1,000 new cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines

Thu, 2024-08-22 11:03 — mike kraft

 

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Amid Global Emergency and Increased Cases, Congo to Receive Mpox Vaccine Next Week from the U.S.

Mon, 2024-08-19 18:33 — mike kraft
Congo gives update on mpox vaccine amid global emergency The Congo's health minister announced the country will soon receive its first batch of mpox vaccines. Newsweek

The Congo is set to receive its first batch of vaccine doses from the United States to combat the ongoing mpox outbreak next week, the country's health minister said in a press conference on Monday.

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Analysis: Antiviral TPOXX, used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH

Fri, 2024-08-16 12:17 — mike kraft
Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says Just as mpox is declared a global health emergency, the antiviral tecovirimat is found to be no better than placebo against it. Jason Mast STAT

The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that an antiviral often used to treat mpox did not resolve patients’ symptoms faster than placebo in a randomized trial.

The results are notable because the drug, tecovirimat, has rarely been studied clinically for mpox, despite its wide use during the 2022 and 2023 outbreaks in the U.S. and Europe.

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Shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa--IFRC

Fri, 2024-08-16 11:43 — mike kraft

IFRC says shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa | Reuters

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Analysis: Background on Mpox problem

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:47 — mike kraft
Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again. The mpox outbreak never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading. Jess Craig Vox

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Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO declared an emergency

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:36 — mike kraft
Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even as the World Health Organization considers following Africa’s top public health agency in declaring the outbreak an emergency. Jennifer Rigby
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