monkeypox vaccine

Health officials authorized a plan to give people one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective.

Demand has been intense for the monkeypox vaccine here in Connecticut. It’s been a week since the state launched a limited vaccination effort geared toward those most at risk of contracting the virus.

Demand has been intense for the monkeypox vaccine here in Connecticut. It’s been a week since the state launched a limited vaccination effort geared toward those most at risk of contracting the virus. “It was very frustrating being in Connecticut and not having access to it,” said Scott Towers of Branford. Towers finally received the monkeypox vaccine recently in...

Now that it has been declared a public health emergency, will the “sluggish” response to monkeypox improve? “We still have woefully inadequate vaccine supplies for the gay male community,” which has hit hard by the disease, says Dr. Monica Gandhi, professor of medicine at UC San Francisco. She is hopeful that with enough shots, the virus will be contained.

Still, the administration faces a maze of obstacles, according to a dozen doctors on the frontlines and former public health officials who spoke with NBC News.

A Hartford HealthCare doctor is breaking down the ways you can catch monkeypox as the state receives a limited supply of vaccine doses.

Connecticut is starting to distribute moneypox vaccines to eligible groups. There are 15 sites now that are rolling out amid the rise in moneypox cases.

People who are at risk will be able to get the monkeypox vaccine in Connecticut starting on Monday. There are 33 cases in the state, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state counted its first case on July 5 and now hundreds of doses of the vaccine are coming to Connecticut with the…

People who are at risk will be able to get the monkeypox vaccine in Connecticut starting on Monday.

New York City’s health commissioner says the city is battling dueling pandemics after a low vaccine supply and slow testing apparatus haven’t been able to contain one of the largest-ever outbreaks of monkeypox. Hoping to turn the tide and catch up to a virus that’s doubled its patient count in less than a week, the city used the latest...