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Congo to receive first mpox vaccines to address outbreak; The latest health stories from around the world

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Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak this week from the United States, the country’s health minister said last week, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. https://apnews.com/article/congo-mpox-vaccine-united-states-emergency-8490a15ed4937bfab9477529302f0469 Mpox cases have been confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen African countries, and a […]

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France Hosts AVMA in hopes of driving African vaccine production; The latest health stories from around the world

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In June, France hosted the launch of African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), an approximately US$1 billion project geared towards making vaccines more available in Africa – away from African soil. www.independent.co.ug/africa-races-to-increase-vaccine-manufacturing-capacity-concerns-rise-over-europes-control/ Only 2% of vaccines in Africa are made on the continent – most of them in South Africa, among few countries with ability to

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Counterfeit Ozempic found in multiple countries; The latest health stories from around the world

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported on three counterfeit batches of Ozempic that were discovered in late 2023 in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with an unknown number of unreported cases. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/who-warns-against-counterfeit-ozempic-europe-and-united-2024a1000caq? Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer, has confirmed that the batches in question are not original products. The pens may be

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US FDA announces autumn COVID-19 strategy; The latest health stories from around the world

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week endorsed a strategy for a COVID-19 vaccine to be used this autumn that favours a composition different from one recently recommended by an agency advisory committee. The continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 makes choosing the most effective vaccine challenging. www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-saving-endangered-leopard-restoring-europe-s-habitats-and-assessing? This month, the panel of outside scientists

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Polio’s last strongholds continue to cause issue; The latest health stories from around the world

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been struggling in Africa with large outbreaks spawned by the polio vaccine itself, which is made of live but weakened poliovirus. But the program at least had the wild virus on the run, driving down the cases it causes in its last strongholds, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Now, GPEI

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COVID-19 continues to evolve, vaccines must keep up the pace; The latest health stories from around the world

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SARS-CoV-2 keeps evolving, and it’s time for COVID-19 vaccines to again follow suit, advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed early last week. The panel voted unanimously in favour of updating the shots to more closely match virus strains now circulating. www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-vaccines-should-get-fall-update-panel-concludes?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=WeeklyLatestNews&et_rid=785235729&et_cid=5240384 Although the FDA still needs to greenlight the change, the

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Africa aspires toward more medical independence; The latest health stories from around the world

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https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-africa-moving-towards-future-proofing-its-response-health-emergencies Africa has for years been heavily dependent on importing medicines, diagnostics and vaccines to respond to the health needs of the 1.2 billion people on the continent. When international trade was blocked during the COVID-19 pandemic, this extreme reliance on imports made Africa vulnerable. Now, a new free trade treaty that will ease

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USDA delves into flu vaccines for cattle; The latest health stories from around the world

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On 3 May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a “request for information” from companies that have the capability to develop and produce cow vaccines against H5N1. Jamie Jonker, chief science officer at the National Milk Producers Federation, says he knows of up to 10 companies that have “expressed interest.” The American Association of

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WHO to vote on formalising a legally binding pandemic agreement; The latest health stories from around the world

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At the end of May, 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet for the World Health Assembly. Negotiations underway now will determine whether they vote then to adopt a pandemic agreement. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1055?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=785235729&et_cid=5199970 For the past 2 years, discussions have focused on spelling out essential components of a robust and equitable architecture

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Texas reports first confirmed case of bird flu in humans; The latest health stories from around the world

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Texas officials today issued a “health alert” about the first confirmed case of a human infection with a bird influenza virus that has found its ways into dairy cows in the US. The worker developed conjunctivitis, a mild eye infection that frequently occurs when avian influenza viruses jump into humans. www.science.org/content/article/us-dairy-farm-worker-infected-as-bird-flu-spreads-to-cows-in-five-states? The case is the latest surprise

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