New York will soon have 8,195 doses of the monkeypox vaccine available, as U.S. health officials work to providing more doses and expand testing to try to get ahead of the outbreak.
NEW YORK CITY -- Thousands of doses of Monkeypox vaccines have arrived in New York City, opening appointments back up for vulnerable city residents.
There are currently 111 presumed cases in New York City, and the city is getting nearly 6,000 doses of the vaccine."This is not COVID," he said."I understand that everyone is really tuned up about monkeypox because they are using their COVID antenna to look at it. This is a non fatal illness. It is usually self limited. It is largely dermatologic, although it can have some systemic symptoms.
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