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Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some states and jurisdictions are hitting early bumps in their rollout of the U.S. government's new approach to expand access and supply of monkeypox vaccines to more at-risk Americans, local officials have told ABC News, as providers face a steep learning curve with the new inoculation method. Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it was launching a new plan to increase the country's monkeypox vaccine supply by shifting the way the shots were administered from a traditional subcuta...

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Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some states and jurisdictions are hitting early bumps in their rollout of the U.S. government's new approach to expand access and supply of monkeypox vaccines to more at-risk Americans, local officials have told ABC News, as providers face a steep learning curve with the new inoculation

Jun. 4—Two more deaths due to complications of COVID-19, the youngest a man in his 40s, were reported Friday by the Benton Franklin Health District. The new cases came as 43 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced on Friday as the Washington state Department of Health cleared a backlog of case data. The COVID-19 vaccine is widely available in the Tri-Cities area, with one pop-up clinic ...