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July 12, 2022

New York City's monkeypox vaccine website crashes due to sky-high demand

New Yorkers struggled to book appointments for monkeypox vaccines on Wednesday in a botched roll out of the website. The website crashed within minutes of launch.

July 9, 2022

San Francisco politicians on monkeypox response: Federal government has another 'public health failure'

San Francisco politicians are hitting at the federal government over its response to the monkeypox outbreak. They called for an increase in vaccine supply.

July 7, 2022

WHO committee to reconvene over monkeypox outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a second meeting of an emergency committee over whether monkeypox should be declared a global health emergency.

July 6, 2022

BA.5 becomes dominant US omicron subvariant

The omicron subvariant BA.5 is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S., making up 53.6% of cases. BA4 makes up 16.5% of the variants in circulation.

June 28, 2022

White House says 1.6 million monkeypox vaccines will be available by the end of the year

The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that 1.6 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine will be available to states by the end of this year.

June 28, 2022

Monkeypox outbreak: CDC activates Emergency Operations Center to bolster agency’s response

The CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center bolstering the agency as the number of monkeypox cases increases, allowing quicker response.

June 28, 2022

WHO says monkeypox risk assessed as ‘moderate'

The monkeypox virus outbreak has been assessed as "moderate" by the World Health Organization. The United Nations health agency said it is monitoring the situation.

June 27, 2022

New York City, DC run out of monkeypox vaccines

New York City and Washington, D.C., both ran out of appointments for monkeypox vaccines soon after making them available to residents, health officials said.

June 27, 2022

Austin, Texas officials report first presumptive monkeypox case

Texas health officials reported the first presumptive case of monkeypox in an individual who had recently come into contact with another likely infection.

June 25, 2022

Monkeypox mutating more than previously thought, researchers say

The monkeypox outbreak has spread to 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Portugal scientists warn about the possible "accelerated evolution" of the virus.