FILE - A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 in New York. On Friday, May 27, 2022 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Pfizer received FDA approval for a new monkeypox shot the day after the U.S. purchased millions of dollars worth of vaccine for the disease. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
FILE - A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination campaign, in El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. On Friday, May 27, 2022 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the chimpanzee adenovirus vector used in AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is causing the monkeypox outbreak. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. On Friday, May 27, 2022 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the recent cases of monkeypox are actually just shingles, and the cases are a result of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)
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