GENEVA, Switzerland — Countries reconvened on Monday in a bid to finalize a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics, with the specter of mpox, Marburg and H5N1 adding fresh urgency to seal a deal.

After more than two years of talks, hopes are high of completing an accord by November 15, though the heart of the document — how to share pathogens and vaccines — is set to be worked out later.

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