World Health Organization is preparing for future pandemics. It tested global readiness with 'Exercise Polaris'. The exercise simulated an outbreak of a fictional virus named Mammothpox. This virus ...

WHO tests the world’s pandemic response with fictional ‘mammothpox’ outbreak - The WHO simulation exercise looked at how countries reacted in the wake of another pandemic, five years on from Covid ...

Discover how a structural breakthrough in the chikungunya virus is opening new avenues for antiviral drug development and ...

Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome -- not just its two surface proteins -- affect how well vaccines work, helping to explain why some strains are more likely to ...

In total, childhood vaccinations have saved about 154 million lives over the past 50 years. Most of these are thanks to the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new freeze-dried formulation of Jynneos ® (smallpox and mpox vaccine ... this modified form of the vaccinia virus does not cause disease ...

The MVA-BN vaccine showed an overall effectiveness of 57.8% (95% CI, 11.8-83.0) in reducing mpox cases at 14 days or longer after the first dose; however, the effectiveness was lower in people ...

The Mpox virus is related to the original smallpox virus (Variola major). The EMA's decision to approve Imvanex was based on laboratory data showing that the vaccine offers cross-protection.