Smallpox Cases In 2024. A new report from the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine calls for developing better diagnostics, vaccines and treatments to enhance. Dr rajeev jayadevan, infectious diseases expert and member of ima kochi said, “there is no vaccine created specifically for the mpox virus.
Cases are up 160 per cent and deaths are up 19 per cent compared with the same period last year. This document describes the who smallpox vaccine emergency stockpile (sves) and the considerations and processes needed for countries to request vaccine.