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The UN authorizes the 1st mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control the outbreak in Congo

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children

The Independent UK

Mpox cases in Congo may be stabilizing. Experts say more vaccines are needed to stamp out virus

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.”

The Independent UK

Gavi secures 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine for Africa amid outbreak

The Gavi vaccine alliance has reached an agreement with Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic to obtain 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine for African countries dealing with an outbreak of the virus.

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Mpox crisis: Why do African countries struggle to make or buy vaccines?

African countries produce less than 2 percent of the vaccines the continent needs, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Africa desperately needs mpox vaccines. But donations from rich countries won’t fix this or the next health emergency

Africa says it needs an estimated ten million doses of mpox vaccine to control this public health emergency.

The Conversation

DR Congo receives first shipment of mpox vaccines

Authorities aim to start vaccinations in October but face logistical challenges as doses need to be kept cold.

Al Jazeera

African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west

Last week’s planned rollout of doses faces further delays as campaigners complain of greed and inequality

The Guardian - UK

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Mpox vaccines are available – why are they not reaching Africa?

Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more vaccine doses are available, experts say high costs and regulatory hurdles have prevented…

France 24

Inside Bavarian Nordic: The $3.3 billion Danish vaccine maker with the world's only cure for mpox

Amid a new strain of mpox, the Danish company is preparing to make millions of vaccine doses to supply to the world.

Fortune

WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread.

The Conversation

Mpox is on the rise in Australia. Here’s what to know about the virus – and who should get vaccinated

Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox.

The Conversation

Pharmaceutical Stocks Come Close To Cracking A Multibillion-Dollar RSV Vaccine Market

Big Pharma stalwarts are on the brink of launching the first-ever RSV vaccines, potentially enriching the pharmaceutical stocks.

Investors Business Daily

EU secures up to 2 million monkeypox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

The European Union said on Thursday it had secured supply of up to 2 million doses of a monkeypox vaccine from Danish company Bavarian Nordic for the next two years.

Reuters

Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?

Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization’s director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.

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The Guardian - AU

Local transmission of monkeypox continues to rise – so why are vaccine supplies limited in Australia?

How will the 450,000 doses of Jynneos be rolled out? And why did some countries stockpile vaccines while Australia did not?

The Independent UK

EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies

The European Medicines Agency said a smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Guardian - UK

With monkeypox, profits are once again being put ahead of protecting life

As with Covid, corporate interests are taking priority over getting vaccines to people and areas that most need them, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now

The Independent UK

Monkeypox vaccine maker warns Biden administration against strategy to stretch supply

Plan to multiply 440,000 doses into 2 million is ‘safe and effective’ and will go ahead says HHS secretary

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The Conversation

Monkeypox vaccines: what's available and why they aren't a silver bullet

In July 2022 the World Health Organization declared the recent current monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. Since the start of the year thousands of cases have been reported from over 80 countries. The current outbreak is unlike any previous ones. Infections are happening in non-endemic countries outside of Africa.…

The Independent UK

US will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses

U.S. health officials are endorsing a new monkeypox vaccination strategy designed to stretch limited supplies by allowing health professionals to vaccinate up to five people — instead of one — with each vial

Axios

Everything you need to know about the monkeypox vaccine

There are currently two vaccines that are used to prevent monkeypox infections.

Reuters

Explainer-How worried should we be about the monkeypox health emergency?

The United States declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may increase health agency access to funds and allow the government new avenues for increasing production and use of existing vaccines.

Reason

Monkeypox Is Giving Public Health Agencies a Chance To Prove They've Learned Nothing From COVID

Plus: Schools surveilling students online, Tim Wu leaving the White House, and more...

The Conversation

Australia secures 450,000 new monkeypox vaccines. What are they and who can have them?

Health Minister Mark Butler today announced Australia had secured 450,000 doses of a third-generation monkeypox vaccine, 22,000 of which will arrive later this week.

ABC News

Third-generation monkeypox vaccines secured, with gay and bisexual men in 'high-risk' categories targeted for first rollout

Health Minister Mark Butler announced it had locked in the jabs for distribution in Australia after "27 meetings" with vaccine company Bavarian Nordic.

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