Mpox

Evidence from past outbreaks indicates that this strain, called clade I, is more lethal than the separate strain that sparked the 2022 outbreak. Clade I has for decades caused small outbreaks, often limited to a few households or communities, in Central Africa. Sexually acquired clade I infections had not been reported before last year.

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Adult vaccination programs deliver an estimated 19 times returns--study

Fri, 2024-04-19 09:55 — mike kraft

Study Finds Adult Vaccination Programs Deliver 19x Returns - Health Policy Watch The research, carried out by the Office of Health Economics (OHE) and funded by IFPMA, revealed that adult vaccination programs can deliver a return of up to Health Policy Watch

Amidst the anticipated increase in vaccine-preventable diseases as the global population ages, a first-of-its-kind study has underscored the dual benefits of adult immunization programs.

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Mpox vaccine boosters necessary to restore faded protection -- Swedish study

Mon, 2024-04-01 17:38 — mike kraft

Mpox vaccine boosters necessary to restore faded protection, study shows - UPI.com Vaccine protection against mpox fades quickly in the human immune system, even in people who've received the full two-dose regimen, a new real-world study shows. UPI

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Antibody levels fell to low or near zero within the first few months of getting the vaccine, unless the person had previously received a smallpox vaccine, scientists reported Saturday at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona.

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U.S Mpox cases are on the rise as vaccination rates lag and new threats loom

Thu, 2024-03-28 17:12 — mike kraft

Mpox cases in the US are on the rise as vaccination rates lag and new threats loom | CNN Mpox cases in the United States are twice as high as they were at this time last year, and experts are stressing the importance of improving vaccination coverage as transmission risks rise. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Transmission rates are still far below levels from 2022, when there were tens of thousands of cases in the US. But after a quieter year last year, experts say the US is vulnerable to increases in spread in a number of ways.

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Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine--study

Wed, 2024-03-06 10:06 — mike kraft

Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine - UPI.com New research finds the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men began to slow down after just a few months -- even though just 8% of high-risk people had received the mpox vaccine. UPI

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That suggests that it was changes in gay and bisexual men's sexual behaviors, not the vaccine, that caused the outbreak to subside, researchers concluded.

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Emergency listing for Corbevax COVID vaccine approved by WHO

Tue, 2024-01-23 19:52 — mike kraft

WHO grants emergency listing for Corbevax COVID vaccine Non-exclusive licensing of the yeast strain by developers will allow others to develop effective, low-cost vaccines. CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved another COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL): Corbevax, a recombinant protein–based vaccine developed by scientists at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

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