Poxvirus Proteins Enable Early Strike on Immune Defences
Pox viruses are able to get a head start on infecting a host by delivering a package of proteins that ...
Tag: Smallpox
Targeting Poxviruses with Messenger RNA Technology
Scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) working with industry partners are among the first ...
UK Health Security Agency Widens Monkeypox Vaccine Umbrella for Outbreak Control
New guidance on offering the Imvanex vaccine to men considered to be at higher risk of exposure. A strategy published today by ...
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Opens Advanced Development Center for Vaccine Programs
Internal Manufacturing Capabilities Expected to Support U.S. Pandemic Preparedness Tonix Pharmaceuticals will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s new ...
Monkeypox Cases Prompt Additional Contracts for Bavarian Nordic Vaccine
Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine is approved for use against monkeypox by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. ...
Poxvirus Research After Smallpox Eradication: New Findings With An Old Vaccine
In 1980 smallpox was declared eradicated after a global vaccination campaign. Today, only two labs in the world retain variola ...
A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics of Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire
The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group will host a webcast entitled "A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics ...
BioFactura Funded $13M Contract Option for Smallpox Biodefense Therapeutic
BioFactura, Inc. today announced a contract option activation of over $13 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ...
Lessons for COVID-19 Pandemic from the Massive Public Health Effort to Eradicate Smallpox
Smallpox was a terrible scourge on humanity, killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. But its origin remains ...
Why Is a U.S. Biotech Making Synthetic Vaccinia Virus?
When the American biotech company Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced this January that it had successfully synthesized vaccinia, no one seemed to ...
Phase 3 Trial of Modified Vaccinia Ankara as a Smallpox Vaccine
In today's New England Journal of Medicine, researchers describe the phase 3 trial results of the newly approved modified vaccinia Ankara ...
USAMRIID Study Leads to Approval of New Smallpox Vaccine
A new vaccine approved in the U.S. on Sept. 24 prevents both smallpox and the related disease monkeypox in adults. ...
Why Do We Need a New Smallpox Vaccine?
The FDA approved the Jynneos Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine last week. The live, non-replicating vaccine is made from a vaccinia ...
BioFactura’s Smallpox Biodefense Therapeutic Awarded $67M BARDA Contract
BioFactura, Inc. today announced a contract awarded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) valued at up to ...
FDA Approves Jynneos to Prevent Smallpox and Monkeypox
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Jynneos Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Non-Replicating, for the ...
Explosion Confirmed at Russian Lab Storing Smallpox, Ebola
One worker was hospitalized after a gas explosion on Sep. 16 caused a fire to break out at the Russian ...
2020 ASM Biothreats
The leading annual conference on biodefense, biosecurity and biological threats, ASM Biothreats, will be held January 28–30, 2020 in Arlington, ...
US Invests Additional 44 Million in Smallpox Vaccine Manufacturing
Bavarian Nordic A/S announced on Jan. 18 that the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised another ...
SIGA, USAMRIID Enter Agreement to Evaluate Post-Exposure Prophylactic for Smallpox
SIGA Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United ...
CDC to Award Contract to Emergent for 9 Million Doses of Smallpox Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Emergent ...
