{"id":258396,"date":"2024-09-04T22:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/will-an-experimental-mrna-vaccine-help-fight-the-mpox-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:34","slug":"will-an-experimental-mrna-vaccine-help-fight-the-mpox-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/will-an-experimental-mrna-vaccine-help-fight-the-mpox-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Will an experimental mRNA vaccine help fight the mpox outbreak?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Health workers attend to an mpox patient at a treatment centre in Munigi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n

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An mRNA vaccine for mpox<\/a> developed by the biotech company Moderna has shown promise in monkeys, raising hopes that it could help to tackle the ongoing outbreak in West and Central Africa<\/a>. While other vaccines for the virus already exist and helped to bring a global mpox outbreak in 2022 under control, researchers say a new vaccine based on mRNA technology would have a number of advantages.<\/p>\n

Nigeria, which has had 35 confirmed cases of mpox so far\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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