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Vaccine and outbreak news – week 5, 2026

North America – Politics First, Evidence Second US vaccine policy spent the week in committee rooms and courtrooms, as reforms to ACIP processes and federal advisory structures drew fire from professional societies and...

4 February, 2026

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Current Outbreaks Globally, CoGs

Autochthonous chikungunya (CHIK) was diagnosed for the first time in New York State; since January 2025, 445,000 suspected and confirmed CHIK cases have been reported across 40 countries. Two cases of Severe Fever with...

21 October, 2025

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Evaluating the effectiveness of the mpox vaccine: Insights from real-world data

The effectiveness of vaccines plays a crucial role in public health, determining their ability to prevent infection, reduce disease severity, and limit transmission within communities. A recent study examined how well...

26 February, 2025

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Global Health Cast Edition 84

Eighty-Fourth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download PDF here🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for...

4 December, 2024

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Optical biosensor rapidly detects monkeypox virus

A new variant of human mpox has claimed the lives of approximately 5% of people with reported infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2023, many of them children. Since then, it has spread to several...

17 November, 2024

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The enduring legacy of a forgotten killer and its modern-day threat

As mpox cases spread across Europe, experts suggest this rise may be linked to declining immunity against its far more lethal relative, smallpox. In 1970, doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo encountered a case...

3 October, 2024

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Mpox: African scientists at the forefront of a global health crisis

For decades, mpox, a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, has posed a persistent public health challenge in parts of Central and West Africa, where it is endemic. Despite its impact, the disease remained...

2 October, 2024

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Global Health Cast Edition 77

Seventy-Seventh Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download the PDF here🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for...

11 September, 2024

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UNICEF issues emergency tender for mpox vaccines to combat ongoing outbreak

UNICEF has announced the issuance of an emergency tender to procure mpox vaccines, aiming to curb the ongoing outbreak that has been declared a public health emergency by both the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

2 September, 2024

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The emerging challenges of a more severe mpox strain

This strain of the virus is known to be more severe, but it’s behaving differently from its usual patterns. The World Health Organization’s decision to declare mpox a global public health emergency for the second time...

19 August, 2024

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