The new date is Sep 28, 2022.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gave the first data on the effectiveness of the vaccine on Wednesday.
There is a vaccine at a pop-up vaccine clinic.
Walensky said during a press briefing that she has a "level of cautious optimism" about the preliminary data from patients who received one dose of the Jynneos vaccine.
Walensky stressed that two shots are still recommended, despite the results suggesting that one vaccine dose may offer some protection against infections as early as two weeks after getting the shot.
The CDC director said that preventative behavior changes such as avoiding close skin-to-skin contact with someone who has monkeypox can help drive down infections.
The White House will allow people to get the vaccine in other parts of the body, including their shoulder or upper back, even if they don't want to get the vaccine on their arm.
The number of monkeypox cases around the world and in the U.S. is falling.
There are more than one million. The White House has administered a lot of monkeypox vaccine.
Since the outbreak began in May, 25,341 cases have been reported in the U.S. After the most at-risk population, men who have sex with men, took a host of actions to prevent the spread of the disease, new infections began to fall. About 50% of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men reported taking steps to protect themselves from monkeypox, according to a recent study.
After cases began to surge, the White House declared a public health emergency. The Jynneos two-dose regimen vaccine is the only shot approved by the Food and Drug Administration for monkeypox. Data on the effectiveness of monkeypox vaccine in the real world has been very limited. The disease is endemic to certain parts of Africa, where it has been largely ignored by the international community. According to the CDC, studies show that Jynneos works against monkeypox.
The federal government last month approved a new vaccine strategy called "dose-sparing" to stretch the number of shots. The method allows health care workers to inject up to five doses of Jynneos vaccine into the skin instead of under the skin. This new method is being evaluated by the National Institute of Health.
The National Institute of Health will study a new method of monkeypox vaccine.
The Biden administration has authorized a vaccine dose strategy to stretch supplies.
The Biden administration is betting that a vaccine can prevent monkeypox.
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