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 […]
Doctors Question Monkeypox Vaccine Effectiveness
Results of a new study have scientists questioning just how much protection the monkeypox vaccine actually offers. Scientists in the Netherlands found two shots of the [monkeypox] vaccine being used in the U.S. and other parts of the world yield very low levels of neutralizing antibodies against the monkeypox virus. This has them concerned people […]
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 […]
