Suspected monkeypox cases spread in U.S. as CDC begins to release vaccine
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The CDC's Dr. Jennifer McQuiston said Monday that the agency was working to "ensure that the vaccine supplies that we have are available to those who need it."
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US in process of releasing monkeypox vaccine from national stockpile for 'high-risk' people, CDC says
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Suspected monkeypox cases spread in U.S. as CDC begins to release vaccine
The United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, with five cases now either confirmed or probable and the number likely to rise,…
The United States is responding to a request for the release of monkeypox vaccine from the nation's Strategic National Stockpile as a global outbreak of cases is under investigation.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are in the process of releasing some Jynneos vaccine doses for use in monkeypox cases, the Centers for Disease
Many of the smallpox vaccines and treatments that the U.S. has in storage could also be effective against monkeypox, according to federal health officials.
The CDC's Dr. Jennifer McQuiston said Monday that the agency was working to "ensure that the vaccine supplies that we have are available to those who need it."
Though there is “strong scientific concern” that monkeypox is spreading differently than in the past, the current case count is low and there’s not a huge risk to the general community, a CDC official says.
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As global health leaders investigate an unusual outbreak of monkeypox across more than a dozen countries, discussions in the United States have turned to vaccination against the disease — and certain people exposed to the virus could be offered a vaccine.
