The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention () has put out its first vaccine guidance related to a recent outbreak of cases across the U.S. and Europe - with health workers and others responding to the uptick in cases first in line to get the shots.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the CDC's leading experts on vaccines, issued the recommendation Friday, and it will include lab workers who research orthopoxviruses, people who work in lab testing environments, and health care personnel who are treating infected patients.The JYNNEOS vaccine in question is tailored to both smallpox and monkeypox - just as many other smallpox drugs are also believed to be effective against the rare virus.
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