18/09/2024
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Politics

WHO approves MVA-BN as first prequalified vaccine against mpox

A sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list. The prequalification approval is expected to facilitate timely and increased access to this vital product in

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US approves Emergent’s smallpox vaccine for people at high risk of mpox

A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. — Reuters  In a bid to deal with mpox infection, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved expanded use of Emergent BioSolutions’ EBS.N ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine to include people at high risk for the disease, the company said

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Battling vaccine refusals to eradicate polio | Political Economy

o what if one of my eleven children has been paralysed by polio? I have 10 healthy children who will play with this crippled child and take care of him for his entire life,” was the defiant response of a father in Killah Abdullah, Balochistan, whose young boy was paralysed by Wild Poliovirus 1 this

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Mpox vaccine procurement in Africa key to contain outbreak: Report

Mpox vaccine procurement for at-risk populations across Africa is crucial to contain the deadly outbreak and save lives, according to a report on Friday.  The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, noted that while Mpox vaccines played an important role in containing the 2022 mpox outbreak in high-income nations, “none are currently widely

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