This article is authored by Deepak Kapur, chairman, Rotary International India’s National PolioPlus Committee (RI-INPPC).

India’s immunisation journey began over two centuries ago when the country’s first smallpox vaccine was administered in ...

Thanks to vaccines many diseases are now preventable today. Here is a closer look. At one point in history, smallpox was “one of the most devastating diseases to humanity.” With the first cases dating ...

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 ...

Approved by the FDA in 2019, JYNNEOS was the first smallpox vaccine successfully developed under Project BioShield, a program created by the U.S. Congress in 2004 to accelerate the research ...

Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in ...

Denmark's Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a freeze-dried formulation of its mpox and smallpox vaccine.

Smallpox vaccines work very quickly to protect people ... estrogen levels may be temporarily but significantly higher when first using these products. This is due to the thin lining of the ...

The freeze-dried formulation is approved for the prevention of smallpox and mpox disease ... manufacturing was initiated in 2024, and the first vaccines will be delivered later in 2025.

Approved by the FDA in 2019, JYNNEOS was the first smallpox vaccine successfully developed under Project BioShield, a program created by the U.S. Congress in 2004 to accelerate the research, ...

Smallpox vaccines work very quickly to protect people ... estrogen levels may be temporarily but significantly higher when first using these products. This is due to the thin lining of the ...