Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to send to African nations are in danger of going to waste, dozens of congressional Democrats have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/politics/us-taxpayer-vaccine-expire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #vaccines #africa #mpox #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Trump admin squanders nearly 800,000 vaccines meant for Africa: Report - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/07/trump-admin-squanders-nearly-800000-vaccines-meant-for-africa-report/ " The #mpox vaccines were pledged under the Biden administration. " remember this if mpox breaks out in #murica
The #Vaccines Conference is getting closer!
On 12 Sept, Jean Kaseya Gibisi of the #AfricaCDC will deliver his keynote lecture, "#Mpox vaccination unleashing innovative solutions for emerging infections"
Join us in Lisbon! 
https://ow.ly/30W650WgH65
#Affenpocken / #Mpox: «Hin und wieder findet es seinen Weg nach Europa, zum Beispiel im April, als in der #Schweiz erstmals ein Fall einer aggressiveren Mpox-Variante nachgewiesen wurde. Das Bundesamt für #Gesundheit reagierte mit einer beschwichtigenden Medienmitteilung: Die aus Afrika zurückgekehrte Person sei isoliert worden, es bestehe keine Gefahr für die Allgemeinheit.»
https://www.woz.ch/2527/die-naechste-pandemie/gefaehrliche-ignoranz/!J36M9EZHVD2E
En el #WorldZoonosesDay, #DiaMundialZoonosis recordem q de #zoonosis n'hi ha de molts tipus, causades per bacteris, virus, paràsits, i de molt exòtiques i mediàtiques, com #H5N1 #gripaviaria, #Mpox, #WestNile, o #CrimeaCongo però altres molt properes, km0, com les infeccions causades per #Salmonella o #Campylobacter o #Ecoli enterotoxigèniques.
Several New Weekly Updates Just In Are Trending In The Wrong Direction
Awful timing if you ask me.
With the #UnitedStates 
& #Europe already reporting infections, underfunded health workers are providing the first line of defense against this virus in other countries. But they could use some extra help!
#SierraLeone 
Is Battling an #Mpox Outbreak. What Happens Next Affects Us All https://time.com/7291478/sierra-leone-mpox-outbreak-pardis-sabeti-christian-happi-essay/
#mpox epidemic goes ballistic in Sierra Leone. Number of vaccine doses insufficient. Spread to neighboring countries likely.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01805-6
Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO risks weakening America’s ability to respond to global health threats, diminishing its influence, and increasing its vulnerability to future pandemics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/02/world/trumps-who-withdrawal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #covid19 #birdflu #h5n1 #mpox #ebola #marburg #cholera #who #pandemic #us #donaldtrump
Die Pockenkrankheit #MPox - übertragen durch Affen und Nagetiere - trat ursprünglich in West- und Zentralafrika auf. Vor 3 Jahren mehrten sich dann weltweit Fälle: Das Virus wird nun auch von Mensch zu Mensch übertragen. Auch durch eine international engere Zusammenarbeit kann das Virus bisher gut in Schach gehalten werden. Das liegt auch am neu gegründeten @WHO -Pandemie-Hub. Ein #Nano-Bericht zeigt, was dort passiert: https://www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/250520-who-zentrum-berlin-pandemie-risikomanagement-global-daten-nano-100.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=3sat
Cases Of The New Covid Variant Have Been Reported In More Countries
#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #TWiV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #infectiousdiseases #mpox #measles #Ebola #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #avianflu #birdflu #influenza #polio #RSV #vaccinate #vaccines
TWiV 1220: Clinical update week 24. May 2025
"changes in FDA vaccine approval policy especially how it is applied to COVID-19 vaccines and restricts vaccine availability/usage and Novavax’s vaccine, mpox, “bird flu”, the ongoing measles outbreak [...]"
The NB.1.8.1 Covid Variant Is Causing Covid Cases To Rise In Asia
A Look At What Wastewater Is Showing For Contagious Viruses In The US
Reminder that diseases continue to spread even if they are no longer in the headlines. #mpox https://www.who.int/news/item/17-04-2025-africa-cdc-and-who-update-mpox-strategy-as-outbreaks-persist
For so many people, it's hard to fathom how deadly pathogens can cross from animal hosts to human hosts. I think it's important to point out cases of #zoonosis where sturdy work has been done to show potential links from a likely reservoir. This is even more important since our last pandemic. If the wider public saw more examples of zoonoses, then perhaps this major source of emerging human pathogens would not continue to be enigmatic to the lay public.
Researchers have been trying for a long time to nail down where in nature #mpox lurks.
Now they appear to have caught the virus that causes mpox in the act of spilling over from squirrels to monkeys.
“This study is a landmark contribution to understanding mpox dynamics and guiding proactive prevention efforts across Africa and beyond”, says biologist Yap Boum.
