Mpox is a growing global health threat, scientists warn
For decades, the human niche for viruses related to smallpox has remained mostly empty. Since eradicating smallpox, only rare ...
Sierra Leone starts mpox vaccination as cases rise
Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high-risk individuals and children from age 12 ...
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FDA Approves Freeze-Dried Formulation of Mpox, Smallpox Vaccine
The live vaccine is produced from the strain Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN), an attenuated, non-replicating orthopoxvirus.
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Can Repurposed Smallpox Vaccine Prove Effective for Mpox?
The MVA-BN vaccine showed an overall effectiveness of 57.8% (95% CI, 11.8-83.0) in reducing mpox cases at 14 days or longer after the first dose; however, the effectiveness was lower in people ...
Bavarian Nordic Receives U.S. FDA Approval of Freeze-Dried Smallpox and Mpox Vaccine
The Company has been contracted by the U.S Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop and supply a freeze-dried version of JYNNEOS for stockpiling. Manufacturing under ...
Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos highlights unmet need for mpox prevention in HIV patients
This recent safety and effectiveness data regarding mpox vaccination with Jynneos is important and timely given the ongoing ...
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Medical freedom group fails to get around California school vaccine mandate
A federal judge on Wednesday found that the group failed to make an essential argument and denied its motion for a temporary ...
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Vaccine clinics across the state facing funding shortage, closures amid federal grant cuts
In Minnesota, the department of health is facing $226 million in lost federal grants and tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS in response, ...
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FDA approves Bavarian Nordic’s freeze-dried mpox and smallpox vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the freeze-dried formulation of Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox and mpox vaccine in a move expected to provide flexibility in stockpiling the jab.
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US FDA approves freeze-dried version of Bavarian Nordic's mpox, smallpox vaccine
Manufacturing under this contract was initiated in 2024, and the first vaccines will be delivered later in 2025, it added. In February, the World Health Organization said the mpox outbreak is ...