780,000 Doses of Bavarian Nordic Monkeypox Vaccine to be Shipped to US by End of July

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that 780,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic’s should be headed to the US by the end of the month. The vaccines, at Bavarian Nordic’s Denmark facilities, are currently undergoing an FDA inspection and authorization. The announcement comes as the disease pops up across the country.

According to Lena H Sun and Laurie McGinley, “Monkeypox cases have climbed steadily since they were first reported in May, with 1,053 cases in 41 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because of difficulties accessing testing, experts say the actual case count is much higher.”

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(Source: Washington Post, July 13th, 2022)