Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of serious side effects; the other, which is newer and made with ...

An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for nine countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organizations say. The WHO ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the LC16m8 mpox vaccine, making it the second mpox vaccine to be supported by WHO following the Director-General's ...