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White House pledges more vaccines for monkeypox infections

Season 2022 Episode 184 | 5m 51s

The Biden administration has launched a vaccination campaign against monkeypox, making nearly 300,000 shots available in the coming weeks. There are around 350 known cases of the virus in the U.S., and zero deaths, but there are concerns about its spread. Joseph Osmundson, a molecular microbiologist at New York University and author of “Virology,” joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.

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