The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization Tuesday that allows health-care providers to change how the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine is administered, stretching out the supply amid high demand.
The vaccine can now be given to high-risk adults intradermally, meaning between the layers of the skin, rather than subcutaneously, or under the skin, as it has been given up till now. This will allow providers to get five doses out of a standard one-dose vial.To prepare for possible monkeypox spread, colleges focus on educating studentsThe new EUA also allows subcutaneous vaccination in people under 18 who are at high risk of infection.
The move to allow vaccination in children is based on findings around its use in adults, as well as data on pediatric smallpox vaccination, the FDA says.The agency isn't authorizing intradermal vaccination in kids for two reasons:"First of all, we want to make sure we get it right, and we don't have the data in children that we have in adults," Marks said.
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