NYC Mayor Pressures Feds On Monkeypox Vax Supply

The New York Daily News reports:

Mayor Adams raised alarm about New York City’s monkeypox vaccine “supply constraints” in a phone call with two of President Biden’s top public health officials late Tuesday as the city once again ran out of shots against the viral disease.

In a statement Wednesday morning, Adams said he and his health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, pleaded for more help in the call with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky.

In a sign of heightened demand, so many New Yorkers tried to secure appointments Tuesday before supply ran out that the Health Department portal crashed — the second time in a week that has happened.

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Commissioner Vasan and I had a call yesterday with HHS Secretary Becerra and CDC Director Walensky about our city’s needs to face this Monkeypox outbreak together.

Read my full statement: https://t.co/Pk3JKMENhl pic.twitter.com/t77n3mnUV1

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) July 13, 2022