The Biden administration on Thursday declared the spread of the monkeypox virus a public health emergency, invoking powers that could speed up the federal response.
In one new effort to increase supply, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that his agency was also exploring a strategy that would allow doctors to turn a one-dose vial of vaccine into five by injecting the medicine differently.
“Our supply of vaccine has really been slow coming,” said Dr. Raynard Washington, the county’s health director. “We’ve consistently had a couple of thousand people waiting.”as of TuesdayThe monkeypox virus primarily impacts men from 18 to 44 years old who have sex with other men. The virus can cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body, and it is typically spread through prolonged, skin-to-skin contact.
North Carolina officials expect to get the rest of their latest doses over the next four to six weeks.
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