{"id":1616252,"date":"2022-08-19T10:05:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616252"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:05:53","slug":"white-house-ramps-up-monkeypox-vaccine-program-ahead-of-lgbt-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-ramps-up-monkeypox-vaccine-program-ahead-of-lgbt-events\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Ramps Up Monkeypox Vaccine Program Ahead of LGBT Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-ramps-up-monkeypox-vaccine-program-ahead-of-lgbt-events%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=1616252&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-white-house\">White House<\/a> announced Thursday a plan to ramp up its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-monkeypox\">monkeypox<\/a> vaccine distribution program ahead of upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-lgbt\">LGBT<\/a> pride events as U.S. cases reach over 13,500.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of large-scale LGBT events in the coming weeks and months, local and state officials will be able to request and receive additional monkeypox vaccines, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>White House Monkeypox Response Coordinator Bob Fenton said the additional doses are on top of existing vaccine allocations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHHS is launching a pilot program that will provide up to 50,000 doses from the national stockpile to be made available for Pride and other events that will have high attendance of gay and bisexual men,\u201d Fenton said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/08\/18\/press-briefing-by-white-house-monkeypox-response-team-and-public-health-officials-2\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While some LGBT pride activities have been canceled, health officials and government departments plan to utilize the overall events to offer monkeypox testing, vaccines, and community engagement, according to Fenton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re already starting to work with jurisdictions on a number of events taking place in the coming days and weeks,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is important; it\u2019s innovative\u2014the way that we will bolster local efforts to meet people where they are and mitigate the spread of monkeypox.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to vaccines, the Biden administration plans to distribute 50,000 TPOXX monkeypox treatment courses at specific locations where outbreaks are most severe.<\/p>\n<p> Outbreak <\/p>\n<p>The monkeypox virus has been detected in 49 U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\u00a0There are 39,000 monkeypox cases globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonkeypox case data reported to CDC show that 98 percent of cases are occurring in men,\u201d said\u00a0CDC Director Rochelle Walenksy. Of those, almost all of the cases\u201493 percent\u2014are in men who reported recent sexual activity with men.<\/p>\n<p>Rochelle said the CDC is offering a newly developed toolkit to help LGBT event organizers \u201cto\u00a0provide and promote further monkeypox prevention strategies and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House announced Thursday a plan to ramp up its monkeypox vaccine distribution program ahead of upcoming LGBT pride events as U.S. cases reach over 13,500. 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