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Were beginning to think its more common, about 20 po 30% of the people who take paxlovid will end up having another positive test a few days after completing the course or a return of symptoms. and so, i think that the protocol that the white house is using in terms of the two negative tests makes a lot of sense. i should make sure to tell people that is not what the cdc recommends. i think they should recommend that for all americans and not just president biden and jill biden. those two negati...

Fayette County has its first confirmed case of monkeypox, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

>> i think it shows that the virus really has been characterized by a lot of twists and turns. i think this is not a monkeypox outbreak like any that has been seen before. in the world and so i think that we are seeing is really a lot of work to catch up from the perspective of making sure that we are on top of testing, on top of vaccines and also on top of treatment. so i think that it has been a lot of pivots. so i think that we expect a monkeypox outbreak to do one thing and then when we lear...

You are just names ahead of the response at the beginning of this month, doctor. i have actually been engaged in the response since before the first case, when i was at the cdc working on this response. working in my division of hiv prevention, i was able to engage really early on. what i mean by monkeypox outbreak is a lot different than what one expects is that really the thought was that you started monkeypox outbreaks and you really focus on vaccinating people, peoples contacts. when it beca...

We act sooner than. having to pivot, because the first cases were reported in the u.s., that was way back in may, ahead of the response last month doctor. >> ive been engaged in the response before the first case, when i was at the cdc working on this response. working in my division of prevention, i was able to engage early on. what i mean by the monkeypox outbreak is a lot different than what one expects is, that really the thought was that you start a monkeypox outbreak and new focus on vacci...

So i think what we are seeing is really a lot of work to catch up from the perspective of making sure that we are on top of testing. on top of vaccines and also on top of treatments. so i think that it has been a lot of pivots. i think we expect the monkeypox outbreak to do one thing and then when we learned that it was doing something else, we have to pivot. then we had some real limits and challenges in terms of what we had accessible for vaccines. that has really turned around with a lot of w...

Monkeypox Outbreak: The report suggests that vaccination limited to those with known exposure to the monkeypox virus may not be an effective strategy for preventing infection.

Monkeypox cases showing no signs of slowing. the cdc now says there is 11,000 injured and 90 cases here in the u.s.. the first case was reported back in mid may. so joining me now is cnn exclusive as a matter of fact, white house national monkeypox response deputy core nadir dimitri daskalakis. thank you doctor for joining me, i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. >> doctor, back in july, we saw 40 to 50 cases reported each day. now we are seeing hundreds and even thousands...

With monkeypox cases continuing to spread in the Chicago are and across Illinois, sparking emergency declarations, many may be wondering which signs and...

Like kryptonite. >> yall call it a veggie tray. i get it. >> veggie tray. theres wegmans. he screwed up the name. problematic. >> well leave the crudite controversy here. charlie dent, scott jennings, thank you very much. >> thank you both. a new poll shows most americans are not that concerned on the monkeypox outbreak, but with cases rising, health officials expressing frustration over the vaccine rollout. does there need to be a message change? and first lady jill biden tests positive for...