Politico October 11, 2024
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A MORE LETHAL MPOX — Two years after containing the first global mpox outbreak, the world faces a new challenge: a more virulent strain that’s already killed more than 900 people, mostly African children, our Carmen Paun reports.
Missteps by the World Health Organization, a vaccine manufacturer and an African country led to another health emergency, experts say.
U.S. federal authorities responded to the first outbreak with a vaccination campaign targeted at those most at risk. In 2023, it offered some doses of the vaccine it used, Jynneos, to some African countries where mpox is endemic. Until...
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