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Chronic weaknesses in our global vaccine manufacturing and distribution systems may broadly be to blame.
There are two approved monkeypox vaccines in the US. Both use a related poxvirus called vaccinia to produce an immune response that protects against smallpox and monkeypox.
Most cases in the current global outbreak are occurring among men who have sex with men. So how can this group and others who are at risk protect themselves?
Possible outcomes of the current monkeypox epidemic under four different scenarios.
The new name for monkeypox must be aligned with best practices in naming of infectious diseases to avoid the uninformed negative narrative that associates diseases with regions.
Recent outbreaks have drawn attention to monkeypox. Get answers to common questions about this relative of the smallpox virus, including transmission, symptoms and effectiveness of smallpox vaccine.
A number of vaccines and several antivirals could be used to control the global monkeypox outbreak.
Humans have cultivated their own virus (vaccinia) that can be used in many vaccines. But there may be a price to pay.
How deadly is monkeypox? Why is it called monkeypox? Is it related to chickenpox? All your questions answered.
Monkeypox has been spreading in humans since as early as 1970. While most monkeypox infections are mild, some can be fatal.
Two cases of monkeypox have been reported in Australia. Resurgence of this virus could be due to the ending of smallpox vaccination.
Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.
New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of the British invaders’ first kidnapping of a First Nations person in Australia. This kidnapping led to a devastating smallpox outbreak.
Chickenpox has largely disappeared from the public’s memory thanks to a highly effective vaccine. But the virus’s clever life cycle allows it to reappear in later adulthood in the form of shingles.
Public health experts know that schools are likely sites for the spread of disease, and laws tying school attendance to vaccination go back to the 1800s.
The Founding Fathers were unrelenting in their commitment to the idea that circumstances can arise that require public officials to take actions abridging individual freedoms.
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to leave town or stay in their homes.
The major problem in Britain and elsewhere was complacency. The early success in suppressing smallpox, and indeed eliminating it in some places, led parents to neglect vaccination.
Wortley Montagu popularised the Turkish practice of ‘variolation’, kickstarting the global battle against smallpox.
Top contributors
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Emeritus Professor of History, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Health
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, Brunel University London
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Microbial Evolution at The Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
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Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Indiana University Kokomo
