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Opinion | Monkeypox: Another Lesson in Global Health Neglect We ignore the health of poorer nations at our peril Zain Rizvi, JD, and Aly Bancroft, MPH medpagetoday

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One region has not had access to any Jynneos vaccine: Africa, where monkeypox has long been prevalent. No country within Africa has yet to procure a single dose. "Let us get vaccines onto the continent," the acting head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently...

Access to experimental monkeypox treatment remains uneven, doctors say A drug is available for monkeypox patients who have or who are at risk of severe disease, but doctors say they continue to face challenges getting access to it. Neeraj G. Patel and Nadia Kounang, CNN CNN

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‘Pharmacy deserts’: Time to review the definition We continue to see significant disparities in access to pharmacies in this country. dgilliland The Hill

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A rare look inside the Strategic National Stockpile — and how it went wrong at the start of the pandemic As the first wave of the Covid pandemic devastated the U.S., hospitals looked to the nation's stockpile for desperately needed supplies. They weren't there. NBC News

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