WHO releases a strategic framework for enhancing prevention and control of mpox
Mpox continues to affect people around the world. A new framework released by the World Health Organization (WHO) will guide health authorities, communities and other stakeholders in preventing and controlling mpox outbreaks, eliminating human-to-human transmission of the disease, and reducing spillover of the virus from animals to humans.
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Contagion Live: Mpox vaccine is 99.2% efficacious against infection
In the latest MMWR, investigators reported the Jynneos vaccine is highly effective in preventing mpox virus infection after receipt of 2 Jynneos doses. In fact the estimated incidence rate to have occurred is less than 0.8% in fully vaccinated persons.
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