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‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

Thailand has now found four monkeypox patients, including the first Thai woman last Friday. Given the apparent rise in infections, the Ministry of Public Health has come under pressure to formulate control and treatment measures.

SEATTLE — Filled with action figures, stickers and cartoons, Seattle Children's COVID-19 vaccine clinic has kept busy for months, accommodating hundreds of immunization appointments per week. But staffers have noticed a glaring hole in their schedule recently: Fewer and fewer people are returning for booster shots.

Officials said vaccines were being fast-tracked for any children that may have been exposed at the day care center

Maureen Ferran, a virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology, has kept tabs on the different vaccines

After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos. I assured them that the Aug. 4, 2022, public health emergency declaration is about government…

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

He said that the government would achieve the target of 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres centres by the end of this year

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Health care providers could use one vial of the vaccine to administer up to five doses without an impact on safety or efficacy.

There are currently two vaccines that are used to prevent monkeypox infections.