Use of JYNNEOS (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating) for Preexposure Vaccination of Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure to Orthopoxviruses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022
This report describes ACIP's 2021 vaccine recommendation, JYNNEOS, against orthopoxviruses such as smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 2, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Smallpox (Variola Major and Variola Minor) Smallpox Vaccine Vaccination Vaccines Source Type: news
Opinion: Destroy all Samples of the Smallpox Virus
With a global alarm ringing because of an unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, we should also consider a different but closely related viral threat. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - June 1, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
The Vaccinia Virus That Hopped From Rabbits to Hares
Poxviruses are back, and it is no surprise. Researchers have long predicted that halting smallpox vaccinations would enable the emergence of new virulent strains of this and other infectious poxviruses. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Monkeypox Won ’t Turn Into a Pandemic, the WHO Says, but There Are Many Unknowns
LONDON — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission.
In a public session on Monday, WHO’s Dr. Rosamund Lewis said it was critical to emphasize that the vast majority of cases being seen in dozens of countries globally are in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men, so that scient...
Source: TIME: Health - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARIA CHENG / AP Tags: Uncategorized Disease overnight wire Source Type: news
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The Monkeypox virus is a less-severe cousin of the Smallpox virus. Dr Sanjay Gupta says it has been spreading among younger people as they are less likely to have been inoculated against Smallpox, which was eradicated in 1977. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here Are The Companies That Could Profit As Governments Scramble To Secure Monkeypox Treatments And Vaccines
There are few treatments or vaccines authorized against monkeypox but officials and experts say those developed for smallpox are likely to be effective. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 28, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
CDC Details Monkeypox Vaccine Recommendations
(MedPage Today) -- Laboratory personnel and those responding to outbreaks of orthopoxviruses, including smallpox and monkeypox, should be vaccinated with Jynneos, finalized recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 27, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
EARLY RELEASE: Use of JYNNEOS (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating) for Preexposure Vaccination of Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure to Orthopoxviruses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022
This report describes ACIP's 2021 vaccine recommendation, JYNNEOS, against orthopoxviruses such as smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 27, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Smallpox (Variola Major and Variola Minor) Smallpox Vaccine Vaccination Vaccines Source Type: news
Q & A: What you need to know about monkeypox
Monkeypox burst into the headlines this month after cases were diagnosed in Africa, Europe, North America and Australia.In an interview,Anne Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin Professor of Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, offered insights about the disease, which she has studied for two decades. Rimoin has been director of theUCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health and is the founder of the UCLA –DRC Health Research and Training Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In simplest terms, what is monkeypox?Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis, a virus that is transmitted from a...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 26, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Focus on Antivirals, Vaccines as Monkeypox Continues Focus on Antivirals, Vaccines as Monkeypox Continues
As monkeypox outbreaks continue around the globe, the focus has turned to medications and vaccines. Health officials have their eye on stockpiles of smallpox drugs, which can also be used for monkeypox.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - May 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox?
Older people who received smallpox vaccinations may yet have some immunity, researchers say. Healthy children and adults generally do not become severely ill. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Smallpox Vaccination and Immunization Monkeypox Antibodies Europe United States Source Type: news
When it comes to monkeypox, we must look to history
Universal smallpox vaccination may not be necessary but complacency is not an option in viral outbreaks (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - May 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche develops unique PCR tests to detect the monkeypox virus
Roche and its subsidiary TIBMolbiol have developed three differentLightMix® Modular Virus kits for the detection of themonkeypox virusMultiple clusters ofmonkeypox virus have been reported in non-endemic countries, and the World Health Organization (WHO) expects more cases will be identified as surveillance expandsUse of these new research test kits assess the spread of the virus and can help monitor the potential impact of therapeutics, vaccines and public health interventionsBasel, 25 May 2022 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed three unique LightMix® Modular Virus kits ...
Source: Roche Media News - May 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche develops unique PCR tests to detect the monkeypox virus
Roche and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed three different LightMix ® Modular Virus kits for the detection of the monkeypox virus Multiple clusters of monkeypox virus have been reported in non-endemic countries, and the World Health Organization (WHO) expects more cases will be identified as surveillance expandsUse of these new research test kits assess the spread of the virus and can help monitor the potential impact of therapeutics, vaccines and public health interventionsBasel, 25 May 2022 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed three unique L...
Source: Roche Media News - May 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nigeria: Monkeypox Is Endemic in Nigeria. but Surveillance Isn't What It Should Be
[The Conversation Africa] There has been an outbreak of monkeypox cases in a number of countries that are not endemic for the virus. Monkeypox is caused by an orthopoxvirus that is closely related to the virus that caused smallpox. Monkeypox is an animal virus that occasionally infects humans after they are bitten or scratched by a monkey or other animal. It does not usually spread easily between humans, and typically only in close contacts. Since May 13, 110 confirmed cases and a further 205 suspected cases had been reported from (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
