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U.S. Health and Human Services launches awareness campaign on viruses, vaccines - UPI.com Health and Human Services announced a national campaign on Monday to increase public awareness of common respiratory viruses and available vaccines. UPI

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U.S. federal health officials launch awareness campaign on viruses, vaccines

Mon, 2024-08-19 17:23 — mike kraft

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Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic? The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission. AP News

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Mpox is a global health emergency, but seems unlikely to trigger another pandemic

Mon, 2024-08-19 10:09 — mike kraft

Is mpox going to trigger another pandemic:

That seems highly unlikely. Pandemics, including the most recent ones of swine flu and COVID-19, are typically sparked by airborne viruses that spread quickly, including by people who may not be showing symptoms.

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Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says Just as mpox is declared a global health emergency, the antiviral tecovirimat is found to be no better than placebo against it. Jason Mast STAT

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Analysis: Antiviral TPOXX, used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH

Fri, 2024-08-16 12:17 — mike kraft

The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that an antiviral often used to treat mpox did not resolve patients’ symptoms faster than placebo in a randomized trial.

The results are notable because the drug, tecovirimat, has rarely been studied clinically for mpox, despite its wide use during the 2022 and 2023 outbreaks in the U.S. and Europe.

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IFRC says shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa | Reuters

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Shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa--IFRC

Fri, 2024-08-16 11:43 — mike kraft

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EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level after new strain found in Sweden The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed one case of infection with a new strain of the virus in Sweden, the first outside Africa. Bhanvi Satija,Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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EU raises MPOX risk level; cases found in Sweden and Pakistan

Fri, 2024-08-16 11:25 — mike kraft

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Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again. The mpox outbreak never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading. Jess Craig Vox

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Analysis: Background on Mpox problem

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:47 — mike kraft

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Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even as the World Health Organization considers following Africa’s top public health agency in declaring the outbreak an emergency. Jennifer Rigby

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Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO declared an emergency

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:36 — mike kraft

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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. AP News

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Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads-_WHO

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:30 — mike kraft

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent.

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