An elderly man on the Kenai Peninsula has died from Alaskapox, making him the first person to be killed by the viral disease that was identified only nine years ago, …
In Africa, unwillingness to report symptoms could drive the outbreak underground, said Dimie Ogoina, an infectious diseases specialist at the Niger Delta University in Nigeria. First known monkeypox death in …
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Topline A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted Wednesday to recommend the routine use of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine in at-risk adults, paving the way for commercialization and …