US Adds 2.5 Million Bavarian Nordic Monkeypox Vaccine Doses, Expects More in July

Gary Sacks receives a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, on July 15, 2022. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

The U.S. government has ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine for use against monkeypox and expects more later this month to fight an outbreak of the viral disease.

So far, 1,470 cases of monkeypox, which can cause flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, have been identified in the country, mostly among men who have sex with men.