Biden administration will end monkeypox public health emergency

People line up to get a monkeypox vaccination at a new walk-up monkeypox vaccination site at Barnsdall Art Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 in Hollywood, CA. 

The public health emergency that was declared in the wake of the monkeypox outbreak will be ended by the Biden administration.

The Health and Human Services Department will not be renewing the emergency declaration after the 31st.

He said that they wouldn't take their foot off the gas and would keep an eye on the case trends. The Biden-Harris Administration is monitoring trends in communities that have been disproportionately affected as we move into the next phase.

The emergency was declared due to the rapid spread of the disease in the gay community. The World Health Organization called the disease "mpox" on Monday in order to reduce the stigma associated with it.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been over 30,000 cases and 15 deaths in the U.S. since May. The US outbreak is the largest of its kind.

The number of infections peaked at 638 per day in August. According to the CDC, the U.S. has an average of seven new cases a day.

The outbreak has slowed because people have changed their behavior in response to education campaigns about how to avoid infections.

There were long lines at clinics and protests in some cities when the vaccine campaign got off to a rocky start. The White House created a task force and the HHS declared a public health emergency.

The Jynneos vaccine has been given to more than one million people in the U.S. About 1.7 million gay and bisexual people who are HIV positive or taking medication to prevent HIV infections are at the highest risk of getting mpox, according to the CDC director.

Men who have sex with men are most at risk of contracting the disease. The rash can be very painful and can be caused by the virus. People with compromised immune systems are more likely to get mpox.

The CDC said in a report that it is unlikely the US will eradicate mpox in the near future. According to the CDC, the virus will most likely circulate in communities of men who have sex with men. According to the CDC, there isn't much evidence that the mpox is spreading in the general population.

More than 80,000 cases of mpox have been confirmed this year, making it the largest outbreak in history. The current outbreak is unusual because it's spreading between people in different parts of the world.

In parts of West and Central Africa, people caught the mpox from animals that had been exposed to the disease.