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Topic: Neglected Diseases

A registered nurse prepares to administer an intradermal monkeypox vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected

Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter, Jean Nachega - The Conversation
Dr. Paul Harmatz doing a general check-up on Joao Bueno (left), 6 years old, from Brazil, during his weekly enzyme replacement therapy with other children having different forms of MPS--Mucopolysaccharidosis--at Oakland Children's hospital in Oakland, Ca ((Photo By Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images))

FDA must change approach to rare disease

Matthew Ellinwood, Mark Dant
Sad little boy at home (Getty Images/kieferpix)

FDA failing children with rare disease

Matthew Ellinwood
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