Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide for centuries. Its ...

Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in ...

Afghanistan is at risk of a polio outbreak, health officials have warned, after the Taliban suspended the vaccination ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday its mpox vaccine was approved by the EU's drug regulator for use in ...

Saad B. Omer Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has ...

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from ...

On September 13, the World Health Organization authorized a smallpox vaccine called Jynneos, made by Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic, for use to tackle growing mpox outbreaks — an ...

The global vaccine alliance Gavi says it will buy 500,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to fight outbreaks of the disease in ...

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Global neglect led us to the current mpox outbreak. A global response, based on equity and solidarity, is the only thing that can get us out of it, writes WHO’s Maria D. Van Kerkhove.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped.

The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.