Press Release - A drug currently approved for smallpox in the U.S. will undergo clinical trials to treat patients infected by the Mpox viruswho are at risk of severe complications in the Democratic ...

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The Frederick biotechnology company BioFactura has announced $7.8 million in new contract activations to study a treatment for a potential smallpox outbreak. The company has gotten contract option ...

Concurrently, Emergent BioSolutions announced that brincidofovir (brand name Tembexa for smallpox treatment) will be included in a trial conducted and sponsored by PANTHER, under the leadership of the ...

You might think of tuberculosis (TB) as a disease of the past, similar to polio or smallpox. In fact, it is the world’s most ...

Can you name a highly contagious virus with no known cure that spawned epidemics and killed multiple millions of people? We don’t think about it much today, but the now-eradicated ...

Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox.

Researchers at the World Health Organization have identified 17 pathogens most in need of new or improved vaccines, including threats like HIV, malaria, and influenza.

One of the World Health Organization’s most important jobs is managing viral outbreaks. The rapid spread of mpox, a disease related to smallpox, is a reminder of its shortcomings. The WHO has ...

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the “Company”), a clinical stage global leader in broad-spectrum antiviral nanomedicines, today announces that Anil R. Diwan, Ph.D., the Company’s President ...

In August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

(Vaccination for smallpox had been around for decades.) There was general agreement that personal hygiene and good public ...