U.S. govt declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

Biden Administration Declares Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Outbreak

The World Health Organization has already declared monkeypox a global health emergency. New York, the epicenter of the outbreak, Illinois and California have all declared public health emergencies.   By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMediaThe Biden-Harris administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move they said would free emergency funding and improve the distribution of vaccines a…

How is the U.S. handling the monkeypox, now a public health emergency?

Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin

Austin officials expect more doses of the monkeypox vaccine after U.S. declares a health emergency

Austin Public Health expects the extra vaccines to arrive next month. It said it will continue to prioritize people who’ve had high-risk contact with someone who has tested positive.

State health officials work to contain monkeypox amid public health emergency

"We need resources including contact tracing, therapeutics and of course, the vaccine - which is in high demand right now," she said. "We currently in the state have just over 7,600 doses of the vaccine."

Dallas County Declares Monkeypox Outbreak a Health Emergency

On Friday, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued an emergency declaration for the monkeypox outbreak.