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Private insurance companies in the U.S. aren’t required to cover the cost of the mpox vaccine, which costs $270 a dose.

The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.

Insurance companies do not yet cover the mpox vaccine or, if they do, reimburse only a tiny fraction of the cost.Credit...Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times Supported by By Apoorva Mandavilli A ...

An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday.

“The vaccine is also necessary,” she said. “I think we’re now protected.” The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

(Reuters) - An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on ...