August 9, 2022
Life Sciences
  • The Biden administration will proceed with a plan to have patients receive one-fifth of the recommended monkeypox vaccine. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must issue a new emergency declaration granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sign off on plan. The strategy, mostly based on a 2015 National Institutes of Health-sponsored study, comes amid vaccine shortages. (Articles here, here, and here)