Monkeypox Vaccines <br />Will Soon Be Available, in States With High Rates.<br />Enhanced measures aimed at curtailing the spread of monkeypox were announced by the <br />Biden administration on June 28.<br />According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.<br />... the allocation will focus on men who have sex with men and those who may have been exposed anonymously.<br />Vaccination after exposure, or using vaccines for post-exposure prophylaxis, is meant to reduce your risk of becoming infected with a monkeypox virus and then become sick. , Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, via CNN.<br />Vaccination should occur <br />within two weeks of a <br />possible exposure. , Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, via CNN.<br />And the sooner you can get vaccinated after the exposure, the better, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, via CNN.<br />There are currently just over 300 reported cases <br />of monkeypox in the U.S., but experts say the actual number is much higher.<br />The vaccine rollout may hit some snags, as there are fewer doses of the newer Jynneos vaccine available.<br />Health professionals say the older vaccine, ACAM, requires training to administer and is not safe for those who have HIV.<br />It's critical that we get vaccine out to the at-risk population and approach, vaccine use much as we've approached the pre exposure prophylaxis for HIV, Dr. Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota, via CNN.<br />1.25 million more <br />doses of the Jynneos <br />vaccine will soon <br />be available.<br />As soon as we have more vaccines available, we will of course continue to expand <br />from a post-exposure <br />prophylaxis strategy, ideally <br />to a pre-exposure <br />prophylaxis strategy, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, via CNN
