Biden Officials Seek To Boost Supply For Monkeypox Vaccines, Treatment

Top Biden administration officials are poised to lay out new steps to accelerate the U.S. response amid the spread of monkeypox and demand for vaccines & treatments.
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, White House monkeypox response coordinator Bob Fenton and CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will announce that HHS will be making an additional 1.8 million Bavarian Nordic A/S' BVNRY Jynneos monkeypox vaccine doses available for ordering starting Monday," the White House said in a fact sheet obtained first by CNN.
As per the latest CDC data, more than 13,500 monkeypox cases have been reported in the U.S., with more than 39,000 cases reported worldwide.
The Biden administration is also providing more resources to local jurisdictions to help transition to the new type of injection to stretch out vaccine supply, the CNN report mentioned.
Officials will also outline new efforts to make Tpoxx, a monkeypox treatment from SIGA Technologies Inc SIGA, easier to access.
HHS' Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response "will make available 50,000 patient courses of TPOXX to jurisdictions next week," the fact sheet said.
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