The replication-deficient Vaccinia virus vaccine (JYNNEOS) is recommended over the replication-competent Vaccinia virus vaccine ACAM2000 for individuals with occupational exposure to orthopoxvirus, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: kontekbrothers - Getty Images Public health departments across the country are on high alert for monkeypox, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators for the CDC and the Alaska Division of Public Health discovered that a patient living in a remote ...

Currently, the likely response to a large scale orthopoxvirus outbreak would be ring-vaccination with Dryvax, ACAM2000 or MVA (if available) – this ring-vaccination technique proved to be successful ...

The number of monkeypox virus cases in the U.S. has surpassed 20. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are now 21 confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases. Agency ...

Seek Labs Advances Development of Pan-Orthopoxvirus Therapeutic with BioSeeker™ and PTAP™ BioSeeker mapped more than 10,000 isolates and identified targetable regions that provide 100% strain coverage ...

A new single-dose antiviral drug has been developed against orthopoxvirus that was safely tolerated in humans during phase I trials and could potentially be used to prevent and treat smallpox. Prior ...

SIGA Technologies has gained Japanese regulatory approval for TEPOXX (tecovirimat) 200mg capsules, known as TPOXX in the US, for the treatment of smallpox, mpox and cowpox, and complications following ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A presumed case of monkeypox has been reported in suburban Cook County Saturday, according to health officials. The video featured is from a previous report. The case is based on ...

The reality of the threat of state-sponsored bioweapons was revealed with the defections of two Biopreparat (Zagorsk, Russia) scientists from the former Soviet Union. With the break-up of the Soviet ...