Article 61HF3 Monkeypox: US experts issue warning amid limited vaccines and testing

Monkeypox: US experts issue warning amid limited vaccines and testing

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Victoria Bekiempis in New York
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Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci calls for much more vigorous testing' as CDC confirms 1,814 cases in the US

As health authorities in the US warn that monkeypox must be taken more seriously, at-risk communities continue to face a limited supply of vaccines and lack of access to testing, while those contracting the virus in the US have struggled to receive treatment, according to reports.

This is something we definitely need to take seriously. We don't know the scope and the potential of it yet, but we have to act like it will have the capability of spreading much more widely than it's spreading right now," Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden's top medical adviser, said on CNN this weekend.

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