{"id":1573222,"date":"2022-07-27T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1573222"},"modified":"2022-07-27T11:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:41:54","slug":"biden-admin-says-u-s-may-need-7-billion-for-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-u-s-may-need-7-billion-for-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Says U.S. May Need $7 Billion For Monkeypox"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-says-u-s-may-need-7-billion-for-monkeypox%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1573222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration has estimated that it may need nearly $7 billion to respond to the growing monkeypox outbreak, according to a new memo.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2022\/07\/26\/monkeypox-aid-biden-administration-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by<\/a> the Washington Post, was presented to Congressional Democrats and described several options for a spending package that would fund monkeypox vaccines, tests, and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and Human Services would use the funding to support \u201cdomestic end-to-end vaccine manufacturing capacity and technology transfer,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The new memo also follows a Monday letter from more than 100 House Democrats sent to President Joe Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky seeking additional funding to stop the spread of monkeypox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write to commend your administration\u2019s recent actions to increase supplies of monkeypox vaccines and improve testing and laboratory capacity across the country,\u201d the letter <a href=\"https:\/\/nadler.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/monkeypox_clinic_funding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>. \u201cWe respectfully request additional funding to support health clinics as they work to implement this federal monkeypox response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic lawmakers specifically requested $100 million to fund response efforts, including \u201cat least $30 million\u201d for sexually transmitted infection clinics.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes just days after the World Health Organization (WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/monkeypox-declared-global-health-emergency-by-world-health-organization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> monkeypox a global health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria\u201d WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/23\/health\/monkeypox-pandemic-who.html?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur\">told<\/a> reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-buys-119-million-worth-of-monkeypox-vaccines-after-first-case-diagnosed-in-massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchased<\/a> 13 million monkeypox vaccines for $119 million from Denmark\u2019s Bavarian Nordic after the first monkeypox case in America was confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 26, a total of 3,591 monkeypox\/orthopoxvirus cases have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/response\/2022\/us-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by the CDC. New York has recorded 900 of the cases, a quarter of the total number, and more than double the number of the next highest state, California, which has 356 recorded cases.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the coronavirus, monkeypox spreads in more limited ways. The CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/transmission.html\">explains<\/a> that the monkeypox virus can spread from person-to-person \u201cdirect contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids.\u201d It can also be transmitted through \u201cprolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling, or sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other potential ways the monkeypox virus can be spread include touching items that have previously touched the rash or body fluids, women spreading the virus to their child through the placenta, or being scratched or bitten by infected animals, including consuming or preparing food from an infected animal, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>While the virus can include painful sores that last for two to four weeks, five reported deaths have been noted worldwide due to the recent outbreak as of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2022\/07\/who-14000-monkeypox-cases-worldwide-5-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last week<\/a>. So far, no confirmed deaths from monkeypox have been noted in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/response\/2022\/world-map.html\">reported<\/a> more than 19,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide as of Tuesday. Spain currently leads the number of reported cases with 3,738, followed by the U.S. and U.K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration has estimated that it may need nearly $7 billion to respond to the growing monkeypox outbreak, according to a new memo. The memo, obtained by the Washington Post, was presented to Congressional Democrats and described several options for a spending package that would fund monkeypox vaccines, tests, and treatments. 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