July 20, 2022
When New Jersey resident Erica and her daughter were exposed to monkeypox they turned to Summit Health for answers. Nearly a dozen specialists teamed together with state and federal agencies to administer the first two doses of the JYNNEOS™ vaccine in the state of New Jersey for the prevention of monkeypox.
Ashish Parikh, MD and Laura Balsamini, PharmD, discuss the journey to protect these patients and point out how the protective nature of the vaccine stopped both patients from developing symptoms in an article for NorthJersey.com.