Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox vaccine maker seeks approval for use in teens

Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Friday it was seeking European approval to use its mpox vaccine in children aged 12 to 17, after the WHO declared the current virus surge a global public health emergency.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

China to screen arrivals for mpox symptoms

China announced Friday it will begin screening people and goods entering the country for mpox over the next six months, just two days after the World Health Organization declared the virus a global health emergency.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox kills 548 in DR Congo, case recorded in Sweden

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveler in Sweden.

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