WHO Authorized to Distribute Novel Monkeypox Vaccine

FILE - A health worker attends to an mpox patient, at a treatment center in Munigi, eastern Congo, on Aug. 19, 2024. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been authorized to use the monkeypox (mpox) vaccine on adults.

The WHO said on Friday that the MVA-BN vaccine—the first against mpox—has been added to its prequalification list.