The Rush to Find an Ebola Vaccine as the Outbreak and Death Toll Grows
A Red Cross volunteer is the latest victim of the Ebola virus in central Africa, with the chances of the national outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now rated as very high. Scientists are scrambling to develop a vaccine, with confidence that they’ll have one within months. … The race for a vaccine is […]
What’s Really Happening With Mpox
The World Health Organization (WHO) acted as expected earlier this month and declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). So, a problem in a small number of African countries that has killed about the same number of people this year as die every four hours from tuberculosis has come to dominate international […]
WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox (mpox) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). “Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,1 2 3 […]
Monkeypox Fear Fest: Is Smallpox Vaccine on Its Way Back?
This article is an excerpt from a longer fully referenced report by NVIC co-founder and president Barbara Loe Fisher on Mutated Monkeypox Outbreaks and the Anticipated Return of Smallpox Vaccine, which can be read on NVIC.org. A day before the July 4, 2024 holiday, Business Insider published an article warning that “Experts are racing to […]
Moderna Stops mRNA COVID Biologics Plant Construction in Kenya
Moderna, Inc. announced recently that it has suspended its efforts to build a $200–$500 million mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) biologics manufacturing facility in Kenya while it determines projected future demand for mRNA biologics in Africa. Company officials concluded that, since the end of the COVID pandemic, interest in COVID-19 biologics in Kenya and Africa has […]
African Nations Report Fewer Deaths from COVID Than Other Countries
During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Africa were praised for controlling the pandemic by implementing traditional public health strategies to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, despite having underdeveloped and fragile public heath systems. With a population of more than one billion people, the African continent appears to have been […]