ASPR’s Mpox News and Announcements

• December 2, 2022: Statement From HHS Secretary Becerra on Mpox
• November 28, 2022: Biden-Harris Administration Supports the World Health Organization Renaming of Monkeypox to mpox
• October 3, 2022: HHS Amends PREP Act Declaration Increasing Workforce Authorized to Administer Monkeypox Vaccines
  
• September 6, 2022: HHS Awards $20 Million Contract to AmerisourceBergen to Expand, Quicken Distribution of Vaccines and Treatments for Monkeypox
  
• August 29, 2022: HHS Funds U.S.-Based Production of Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine
• August 22, 2022: HHS Facilitates Agreement to Accelerate Delivery of Additional Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccines Using New U.S. Production Line
  
• August 9, 2022: FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of JYNNEOS Vaccine to Increase Vaccine Supply
• August 9, 2022: HHS Secretary Becerra Issues 564 Determination, Paving Way for Emergency Use Authorization of Monkeypox Vaccines
• August 4, 2022: Biden-Harris Administration Bolsters Monkeypox Response; HHS Secretary Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency
  
• July 28, 2022: HHS expands availability of monkeypox vaccine to more than 1.1 Million Doses
• July 28, 2022: HHS allocates and distribrutes JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine to jurisdictions nationwide
  
• July 15, 2022: HHS orders additional vaccine, increases testing capacity to respond to monkeypox outbreak
• July 7, 2022: Biden-Harris Administration to make an additional 144,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine available to states and jurisdictions for monkeypox response
• July 1, 2022: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional Deliveries of Vaccine as Part of Nationwide Vaccine Strategy for Preventing Monkeypox
• July 1, 2022: HHS Orders 2.5 Million More Doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine For Monkeypox Preparedness
• June 28, 2022: HHS Announces Enhanced Strategy to Vaccinate and Protect At-Risk Individuals from the Current Monkeypox Outbreak
• June 6, 2022: Responding to the Monkeypox Outbreak with Vaccines and Treatments
• May 24, 2022: Prepared to Respond: COVID, Monkeypox, and Infant Formula