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  Gay community rallies to prevent monkeypox from spreading as demand for vaccines skyrockets   02:56 (CNN) Most places in the United States with heavy monkeypox caseloads have shifted their vaccination strategies to the Biden administration's low-dose, intradermal approach -- and they are reporting varying results so far. Some say the shift has stretched their vaccine supply, helping them meet a growing demand for the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine. Others report a hurdle -- while the new method should allow for five small doses of vaccine to be extracted from a single vial, they have only been able to extract about four. The situation "does vary geographically," Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, wrote in an email to CNN. About three-quarters of jurisdictions in the United States have shifted to using the intradermal method of administering monkeypox vaccine, Bob Fenton, the White House's national monkeypox response coordinator...

  The Taiwanese offshore island of Shiyu, or Lion Islet, in front of the Chinese city of Xiamen, China. Taiwan  says it has shot down an unidentified civilian drone over one of its islands that lies just a few kilometers from mainland  China . The drone was spotted shortly after midday Thursday above the waters of Lion Islet, a small island in the Kinmen County grouping that is controlled by Taiwan and lies about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the shore of Xiamen, China. The Kinmen Defense Command, a branch of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, said the drone was shot down after warning flares failed to drive it away. This is the latest in a string of similar incidents to have taken place near the offshore group of islands. Unidentified drones have been reported in the Kinmen area for four days in a row but this is the first time one has been shot down by Taiwan. On Tuesday, Taiwanese soldiers fired flares at three unidentified drones that flew near Kinmen and warning ...