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State Gives Out 4,000 Monkeypox Vaccines at Black Pride, Expands Eligibility

The Georgia Department of Public Health says it was able to distribute more than 4,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to people during Atlanta Black Pride weekend. Nearly half of those — 48% — went to Black people.  The state’s public health department participated in President Joe Biden’s initiative to get extra monkeypox vaccines to certain states […]

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CDC Boosts Monkeypox Testing With Cases on the Rise

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is boosting efforts to offer monkeypox testing. On Wednesday, the CDC announced a partnership with Labcorp to address an increase in cases locally and nationwide. Labcorp, one of the largest clinical laboratory testing networks in the country, is aiming to administer 10,000 orthopoxvirus tests per week. The […]