WASHINGTON David Kessler, who helped steer President Joe Biden s covid-19 policy, will leave the administration as the government s response continues to gear down amid a waning pandemic and a funding crunch.
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) There are early signs that new monkeypox cases are slowing down in the U.S. Experts are optimistic that the virus can be completely eliminated from the U.S. While challenges remain, recent improvement in vaccination efforts could lead to complete elimination but it may take years, experts say. “Elimination is going to
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) There are early signs that new monkeypox cases are slowing down in the U.S. Experts are optimistic that the virus can be completely eliminated from the U.S. While challenges remain, recent improvement in vaccination efforts could lead to complete elimination but it may take years, experts say. "Elimination is going to become more challenging because you can imagine that even if we drive cases down, there's still going to be potentially sustained transmission," said Dr. John Brownstein, an ABC News contributor and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital. Public health efforts toward behavior modification and vaccination are showing reassuring results with only 78 new cases reported on Sept. 14. Since May, nearly 60,000 cases of monkeypox have been found in over 100 countries globally. Historically, monkeypox has been found in 10 countries in central and western African, according to the World Health Organi