Both terms will be used for the next year as WHO phases out usage of monkeypox.
Can You Get Vaccinated After an Exposure?
One Dose or Two?
Verywell Health / Laura Porter
The second dose increased the antibody response more than six-fold, and the immune response peaked two weeks after.
Scientifically theres nothing magical about [28] days between the first and the second dose.
The FDA makes recommendations based on the information available to the agency from clinical research.
Other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada, have also adopted the single-dose vaccine strategy.
Some of these countries used a similar strategy in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, though the U.S. didnt.
Vaccinating High-Risk Communities
Mpox can infect anyone.
In the current outbreak, however, it is spreading most among men who have sex with men.
Mpox isnt a very lethal infection.
Still, the disease can bequite painfuland disruptive of day-to-day activities.
The vaccines protect against the symptoms of the disease, including the development of lesions.
The virus ismostly transmittedthrough contact with the lesions, so this could reduce the spread of the disease.
Even after exposure, a vaccination can reduce the severity of the disease if its caught early.
Status of Vaccine Deployment
Demand for mpox vaccines has been high in New York City.
The few times the city has opened vaccine appointments, theslots were filledin mere minutes.
Walensky said 780,000 more doses will soon be approved for release.
About 7 million doses of the vaccine will be available in the U.S. by 2023.
Contact your primary care provider or your state health department for information on how to get vaccinated.
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