HHS announced more than 780,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will be released on Friday, bringing the total number secured so far to 1.1M in the U.S.
780,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will be made available Friday, as the Biden administration tries to stay ahead of a growing outbreak.
The announcement is the administration’s latest response to the unusual outbreak in the U.S., which, since late May, has recorded more than 4,600 infections, up from around 1,500 two weeks ago. More than 20,000 cases have been reported worldwide. But Becerra said he is not ready to declare a public health emergency, which would give the government a host of new authorities.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is set to make monkeypox a, released new demographic data, showing 99 percent of cases are in people assigned male at birth, and the majority of those reported having sex with men.
Though the U.S. has access to more vaccines than any other country, cities and states have not had enough to keep up with demand. It also has a large stock of an older vaccine, ACAM2000, which can have more severe side effects and is not widely used for monkeypox in the U.S.
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