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

The Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a press briefing in Kinshasa without specifying the date for ...

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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 ...

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

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 14 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Monday it had approved Bavarian Nordic's (BAVA.CO), opens new tab mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered ...