US to add 1.8 million doses to monkeypox vaccine supply

US monkeypox cases now make up more than one-third of the global total, with more than 13,000 reported cases.

The Biden administration has announced that the US will bolster its supply of monkeypox vaccines with 1.8 million additional doses.

The extra JYNNEOS vaccines will be available to order beginning on August 22, the White House said on Thursday. Due to a newly authorised dosing technique, the 360,000 vials of vaccine to be distributed by the US Department of Health and Human Services…