Tag: Monkeypox

U.S. Moves to Stretch Out Monkeypox Vaccine Supply

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has decided to stretch out its limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing…

Officials Wrestle With Whether to Allow New Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy

WASHINGTON — It sounded like a simple solution to the shortage of monkeypox vaccine: Merely by changing the…

Monkeypox Virus: Your Risk, Explained

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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Declares a Health Emergency

Gay rights activists, who have been sharply critical of the administration, have been demanding an emergency declaration for…

A Stranger Filmed Her on the Train. TikTok Users Decided She Had Monkeypox.

Lilly Simon, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, does not have monkeypox. She does have neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic…

Three Pressing Questions About Monkeypox: Spread, Vaccination, Treatment

Monkeypox, once a relatively obscure virus endemic to Africa, has bloomed into a global threat, infecting more than…

How to Get Vaccinated, Tested and Treated for Monkeypox

The monkeypox outbreak continues to swell across the globe, leading the World Health Organization on Saturday to declare…

W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency

For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of declaring…

NYC Monkeypox Patients Face Painful Symptoms and Struggle For Care

Although he was covered with lesions, it took four hours of phone calls, and then five hours in…

Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Exceeds Supply, C.D.C. Says

As the monkeypox outbreak grows in the United States, demand for the vaccine is outstripping the nation’s supply,…

The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say

As epidemics go, the monkeypox outbreak should have been relatively easy to snuff out. The virus does not…

As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign

Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus,…