LOS ANGELES – Why are we talking about smallpox again? The virus is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people in the 20th century. But by 1980, thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, ...

SAN ANTONIO – Questions about the monkeypox vaccine have flooded our KSAT Trust Index inbox: “Who needs it? Is it the same as the smallpox vaccine? Will the old vaccines still work?” KSAT tapped Dr.

A study published in the journal Nature Communications finds that monkeypox (MPOX) infection induces a similar anti-viral antibody response as smallpox vaccination. MPOX is a zoonotic virus belonging ...

(The Conversation) – On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to ...

With global spread progressing around the United States including in Washington state, there have been claims that a smallpox vaccine can be used to combat monkeypox. Claims regarding the ...

Health officials are scrambling to stretch scarce doses of vaccine to slow the mounting monkeypox outbreak, but do older people already vaccinated as kids for the related but deadlier smallpox virus ...

Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by a virus similar to the one that causes smallpox. Smallpox was eradicated in the 1970s, but outbreaks of monkeypox are now emerging. Because monkeypox and ...

In a recent study published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center assessed the characteristics of monkeypox infection in a patient vaccinated against ...

The technology used to protect against and treat smallpox is helping the world tackle the monkeypox epidemic today. The United States has diagnosed more than 6,300 cases of monkeypox since May 18. The ...

WASHINGTON — With the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, several viewers have reached out to ask: if they received the smallpox vaccine years ago, what’s the guidance for getting a monkeypox vaccine now?