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Latest News  

Sep 5
New Item Firm wins $55 million contract for smallpox drug

May 8
New Item Smallpox drug does well in first human safety test

Apr 21
New Item CDC reports vaccinia infections in lab workers

Mar 7
New Item CDC retires one old smallpox vaccine, keeps another

Feb 8
New Item US military switching to new smallpox vaccine

Sep 4, 2007
New Item FDA approves Acambis smallpox vaccine

Jun 5, 2007
New Item Danish firm wins US contract for new smallpox vaccine

May 18, 2007
New Item WHO postpones smallpox virus destruction by 4 years

New Item FDA panel recommends smallpox vaccine approval

May 17, 2007
New Item CDC reports on soldier's son who had severe vaccinia infection

May 4, 2007
New Item CDC reports sexual transmission of vaccinia

Apr 25, 2007
New Item HHS offers plan for defense against biological threats

Apr 18, 2007
New Item Danish firm expects to sell smallpox vaccine to US

Mar 19, 2007
New Item Son of vaccinated soldier has severe vaccinia infection

Dec 11, 2006
New Item CDC rates hospital bioterrorism preparedness

Jun 26, 2006
New Item Soldier's death possibly linked to shots for smallpox, flu

Jun 5, 2006
New Item WHO defers decision on destroying smallpox virus

Dec 14, 2005
New Item Study shows few serious problems among smallpox vaccinees

Aug 16, 2005
New Item US seeks stockpile of safer smallpox vaccine

Aug 11, 2005
New Item Persistence of smallpox immunity may have protected against monkeypox in 2003

Jun 1, 2005
New Item WHO smallpox vaccine reserve gains support

Apr 29, 2005
New Item Smallpox shots caused unexpected side effects in CDC study

Mar 11, 2005
New Item IOM says poor communication hurt CDC smallpox efforts

      
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New Item Protective effect of Toll-like receptor 4 in pulmonary vaccinia infection
From PLoS Pathog, published online Sep 19

 
New Item AHRQ Hospital Surge Model
Estimates hospital resources needed for disease or terror attack; released Sep 12

 
New Item Inactivation of poxviruses by upper-room UVC light in a simulated hospital room environment
From PLoS ONE, published online Sep 10

 
New Item Dual-probe real-time PCR assay for detection of variola or other orthopoxviruses with dried reagents
From J Virol Methods, published online Aug 22

 
New Item Immunogenic properties of plant-derived recombinant smallpox vaccine candidate pB5
From Vaccine, published online Aug 13

 
New Item Rapid protection in a monkeypox model by a single injection of a replication-deficient vaccinia virus
From Aug 5 Proc Natl Acad Sci

 
New Item IMVAMUNE, an attenuated modified vaccinia Ankara virus vaccine for smallpox infection
From Aug Curr Opin Mol Ther

 
New Item An update on the development of drugs against smallpox
From Aug Curr Opin Investig Drugs

 
New Item US military service members vaccinated against smallpox in 2003 and 2004 experience a slightly higher risk of hospitalization postvaccination
From Jul 29 Vaccine

 
New Item Clinical and immune response to undiluted and diluted smallpox vaccine
From Jul 12 Swiss Med Wkly

 
New Item Mapping perceptions related to acceptance of smallpox vaccination by hospital emergency room personnel
From Jun Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Genetic diversity-independent neutralization of pandemic viruses (eg, HIV), potentially pandemic (eg, H5N1 strain of influenza) and carcinogenic (eg, HBV and HCV) viruses, and possible agents of bioterrorism (variola) by enveloped virus neutralizing compounds (EVNCs)
From Jun 6 Vaccine

 
New Item Smallpox: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis
CIDRAP-authored overview, updated May 29 with new research


 
New Item Evaluation of preterm births and birth defects in liveborn infants of US military women who received smallpox vaccine
From Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol, published online May 21

 
New Item Human effector and memory CD+8 T-cell responses to smallpox and yellow fever vaccines
From May 16 Immunity

 
New Item Vaccinia viruses with mutations in the E3L gene as potential replication-competent, attenuated vaccines: scarification vaccination
From Jun 2 Vaccine

 
New Item Genetic basis for adverse events after smallpox vaccination
From J Infect Dis, published online May 2 with accompanying commentary (below)

 
New Item Learning to appreciate our differences
Commentary in J Infect Dis, published online May 2

 
New Item Single-dose safety and pharmacokinetics of ST-246, a novel orthopoxvirus egress inhibitor
From May Antimicrob Agents Chemother

 
New Item Laboratory-acquired vaccinia exposures and infections--United States, 2005-2007
From Apr 18 MMWR