Monkeypox has spread to more than a dozen countries including several in Europe, the US, and Canada. The smallpox vaccine is 85% effective against monkeypox, but no longer widely available. The CDC ...

Bavarian Nordic is planning to dramatically scale up production capacity for its Jynneos vaccine in the event of a smallpox emergency, CEO Paul Chaplin said. Chaplin said the sudden and rapid spread ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any ...

Older people who received smallpox vaccinations may yet have some immunity, researchers say. Healthy children and adults generally do not become severely ill. By Apoorva Mandavilli For a world weary ...