Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of ...

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The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk ...

Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...

Private insurance companies in the U.S. aren’t required to cover the cost of the mpox vaccine, which costs $270 a dose.

Emergent BioSolutions, one of only three companies with a vaccine for mpox, has agreed to donate 50,000 doses of its shot for use in the current outbreak concentrated in central Africa ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trial of an mpox vaccine in adolescents found it was safe and generated an antibody response equivalent to that seen in adults, according to a ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

Insurance companies do not yet cover the mpox vaccine or, if they do, reimburse only a tiny fraction of the cost.Credit...Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times Supported by By Apoorva Mandavilli A ...

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“The vaccine is also necessary," she said. "I think we’re now protected.” The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — With viral outbreaks spreading more quickly, faster responses and quicker development of new vaccines has become crucial. However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is ...