Topline The global outbreak of monkeypox and linked vaccination campaign could lead to a spate of neurological issues like nerve pain, seizures, brain inflammation and mood disorders like anxiety and ...
Tag: Smallpox
Monkeypox Vaccine Gets Green Light In Europe
Topline The European Commission on Monday has given Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic permission to expand the label of its smallpox vaccine to include protection against monkeypox, days after the World ...
WHO Calls Monkeypox A Global Health Emergency
Topline The World Health Organization announced Saturday the spread of monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, with “a clear risk of further international spread” as ...
Monkeypox Vaccine Gets Thumbs Up From EU Regulator Amid Race To Improve Access
Topline The European Union’s medicines regulator has recommended expanding the label of a smallpox vaccine to include protection against monkeypox, paving the way for expanded access to the shot amid ...
A One-Dose Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy Could Help Extend Scarce Supplies As U.S. Outbreak Grows
Topline Health officials in New York City, San Fransisco, Canada and the U.K. are stretching scarce monkeypox vaccine supplies by focusing on delivering as many first doses to high-risk groups as poss...
EU Will Buy 110,000 Monkeypox Vaccines As Global Outbreak Grows
Topline The European Union on Tuesday will ink a deal for 110,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine, the bloc’s health commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced, as officials around the world move to secure s...
Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Not Normal’ But ‘Containable’ As Confirmed Cases Grow, WHO Says
Topline The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, confirming 131 cases in 19 countries where the virus does not usually spread as the Unite...
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Rare Virus Found In The U.S., U.K. And Europe
Topline Cases of monkeypox, a rare infection typically found in specific parts of Africa, have been confirmed in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S., while more than a dozen more are suspected and experts a...