SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

FDA Approves First Vaccine to Prevent Smallpox and Monkeypox

By IDSE News Staff

The FDA approved a live, nonreplicating smallpoxmonkeypox combination vaccine (MVA-BN; Jynneos, Bavarian Nordic A/S) to prevent smallpox and monkeypox in adults aged 18 years and older determined to be at high risk for either infection. 

This is the only currently FDA-approved vaccine for the prevention of monkeypox disease.