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US will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses
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US will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses

by MATTHEW PERRONE  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective. The so-called dose-sparing approach also calls for administering the Jynneos vaccine with...

Public health clinics running out of monkeypox vaccine as lines form and systems crash
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Public health clinics running out of monkeypox vaccine as lines form and systems crash

by Elizabeth Weise  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As lines stretched around the block at San Francisco General Hospital with people waiting to get vaccinated against monkeypox, public health officials said Wednesday the city had only 50 remaining doses. It’s one of multiple cities reporting surging demand for the vaccine. The disease, a milder cousin of...