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Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

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Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses as variola. It is also linked to the vaccinia virus used in the smallpox vaccine. Canada stopped routinely immunizing people against smallpox in 1972. Canada's chief public health officer does not know how widespread the disease has become.

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Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday.

2 years ago·Canada

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TASS [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Smallpox vaccine can protect against monkeypox — Russian sanitary watchdog expert

Although potentially serious, monkeypox is quite a rare disease, Natalia Pshenichnaya specified

2 years ago·Moscow, Russian Federation

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Winnipeg Free Press

Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday. Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses as variola.

2 years ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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The Toronto Star

Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades a...

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday.

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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