The latest data from Pennsylvania and the U.S. show that as late as December 2021, one in seven people in the hospital with COVID were still dying — a rate not much better than at the start.
Smallpox and monkeypox are so similar, in fact, that the same vaccine is used for both: Jynneos. So the monkeypox vaccine is the smallpox vaccine; they are not different shots.
Having tested negative for COVID again, President Joe Biden will resume "public engagement and presidential travel," the White House announced Sunday morning.
The experts calculating which COVID variant will hit us next fear an immunity escape artist that could strike before more flexible vaccines hit the market.