The FDA issued an emergency use authorization allowing healthcare providers to administer less of the monkeypox vaccine amid an escalating outbreak in the U.S. that is outstripping supply. In a press briefing at the White House, the FDA commissioner acknowledged the spread of monkeypox has outpaced vaccine supply and said the new dosing method — intradermally rather than subcutaneously — will multiply the total number of available doses by up to five.
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