Federal officials confirmed that a vaccine for the monkeypox virus is now being offered to health care workers who have been exposed, according to a White House official.
“I’m happy to report, even with the first case in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital, our colleagues across the government have been able to get vaccines to that hospital. And just yesterday they’ve already started offering the vaccines to health care workers who have been exposed,” Dr. Raj Panjabi, who leads the White House’s monkeypox response, told CNN this week.
Monkeypox has been detected in several states, including New York and Massachusetts, in recent days. The World Health Organization (WHO) said officials are investigating 237 cases suspected and confirmed cases in 19 countries outside of Africa, where the virus is endemic. It’s not clear if there have been any deaths associated with the outbreak….