Gavi is funding a standing mpox vaccine stockpile, coordinated by the same group that manages emergency supplies for cholera, yellow fever and Ebola, to avoid repeating the 2022 access gap.
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In South Kivu, ophthalmologists examined 310 patients with confirmed clade Ib mpox at four time points. Periorbital lesions and severe acute malnutrition tripled the risk of ocular involvement.
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WHO's latest mpox report shows global case counts holding steady, but flags a Sindh province cluster where nearly all deaths were in babies under six months old.
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WHO reports two cases of a monkeypox virus carrying genetic material from both clade Ib and clade IIb. The finding that matters for surveillance is that clade differentiation PCR missed it both times.
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ANALYSISA prospective cohort of 88 index cases and 432 household contacts found a secondary attack rate of 6.15%, three times higher in under-15s. The estimated R0 inside households was 0.30.
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ANALYSISA Federal Register notice on 9 June listed eleven vaccine topics and ten scheduled votes over three days. An amended notice on 24 June listed seven topics, three votes and two days.
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