The maker of a smallpox vaccine that works against monkeypox is ramping up production amid a widening outbreak of the rare viral disease that has reached at least a dozen countries
Bavarian Nordic has fielded requests from dozens of countries seeking the shot, CEO Paul Chaplin says
World Health Organization officials said they expect more cases of monkeypox will be seen as surveillance expands, but outbreaks of the disease can be contained. Photo: Denis Balibouse/ReutersDanish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic A/S is making more of a smallpox vaccine typically stockpiled in case of biological warfare, as governments seek doses that also offerMonkeypox, a viral illness that is only rarely detected outside of Africa, has beenin at least 17 countries including the U.S., U.K.
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