Times Herald-Record: NY monkeypox outbreak: Disparities emerge as vaccine push expands

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Tuesday, August 2

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Healthcare workers with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene work at intake tents where individuals are registered to receive the monkeypox vaccine on July 29, 2022, in New York City. The World Health Organization has now declared that the monkeypox outbreak, which continues to grow globally, is a global emergency.

NY monkeypox outbreak: Disparities emerge as vaccine push expands

Outside New York City, monkeypox has disproportionately harmed Hispanic/Latino people, as officials raced to provide 110K new vaccine doses statewide.

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Polio strain in Rockland County linked to Jerusalem, London

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