Sen. Merkley Leads Colleagues Sounding Alarm on Monkeypox Outbreak, Highlighting Inequities of Vaccine Access
July 23, 2022
July 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on July 22, 2022:
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today led a group of 22 Senators in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging the agencies to acknowledge inequities of vaccine access and immediately increase access to the JYNNEOS monkeypox and smallpox vaccine to all communities in the United States.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today led a group of 22 Senators in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging the agencies to acknowledge inequities of vaccine access and immediately increase access to the JYNNEOS monkeypox and smallpox vaccine to all communities in the United States.