The Johns Hopkins Briefing: Global Monkeypox Outbreak

Johns Hopkins University hosted a live virtual briefing about the global monkeypox outbreak, which the World Health Organization director-general declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in late July. In the U.S., the Biden administration has also declared a public health emergency for monkeypox.
Topics covered included:
The prevention and treatment of monkeypox
How monkeypox is transmitted and ways to contain its spread
The social context for monkeypox and ways to reduce stigma around the outbreaks
The availability and distribution of monkeypox vaccines
The following Johns Hopkins experts are scheduled to speak:
Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jason E. Farley, Endowed Professor of Nursing Leadership and Innovation, School of Nursing, and Director, Center for Infectious Disease and Nursing Innovation
Noreen A. Hynes, Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Associate Medical Director and Director of Research, BioContainment Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital
William Moss, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center
-Moderator: Lainie Rutkow, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University, and Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health.