Contra Costa health officials expand MPX vaccine eligibility
Health officials in Contra Costa County announced Tuesday that eligibility has expanded for the monkeypox (MPX) vaccine, as supplies increase.
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Health officials in Contra Costa County announced Tuesday that eligibility has expanded for the monkeypox (MPX) vaccine, as supplies increase.
Health officials in San Francisco on Wednesday announced plans to proceed with providing second doses of the Jynneos vaccine to help curb the spread of the MPX virus starting next week.
After almost three months of rampant spread, the number of monkeypox infections in San Francisco is steadily declining. Though hopeful, state and local leaders are still cautiously calling on the federal government to issue more vaccines in an equitable way, both in San Francisco and across California.
Although the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases seem to primarily spread through sexual contact between men, a recent case documented at Stanford University raises questions about transmissibility.
People who are at high risk for monkeypox can now get vaccinated for the virus via intradermal injection after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the technique.
With supplies replenished by a shipment of 10,000 doses, a line spanning several blocks long began forming in the predawn hours Tuesday outside the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic.
As the demand for shots surges, San Francisco public health officials said Wednesday they would only be able to give the monkeypox vaccine to those with appointments on Thursday.
As cases continue to rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Monday over the growing monkeypox outbreak.
Dozens of San Franciscans lined up outside of the monkeypox vaccine clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital early Monday, hoping to get a dose as the city entered day one of its health emergency triggered by a growing outbreak.
A project monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in the Bay Area via wastewater is now expanding its efforts to also watch the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.
San Francisco officials on Thursday announced they are declaring a public health emergency over monkeypox that will go into effect on August 1.
Santa Clara health officials announced Wednesday they were expecting the arrival of more than 700 doses of monkeypox vaccine as the number of cases in the county has grown to 39.
With San Francisco's ongoing monkeypox outbreak, on Friday officials announced the city lacks sufficient vaccine supply for the number of people who need it.
San Francisco supervisors on Thursday lambasted the public health response to the ongoing global monkeypox outbreak, calling for improved communication with at-risk groups and an influx of vaccine doses.
California public health officials called on the federal government this week to supply more than 500,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Anne Makovec reports on Bay Area health officials trying to step up efforts to control monkeypox as disease continues to spread (7-20-2022)
As cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the Bay Area, health officials in Santa Clara County have expanded eligibility of the vaccine after receiving several hundred doses.
The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed 267 cases of monkeypox in Caifornia and half of them are in the Bay Area. A UC Berkeley health expert talks about how the virus is spread.
Public health officials in Solano County announced Tuesday that they confirmed the first case of Monkeypox to be discovered in the area.
The number of monkeypox cases is increasing in the Bay Area and nationwide prompting a call for action from members of the gay community.
Sunday was the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco but monkeypox was also on the minds of many of the estimated 1,500 who marched in Golden Gate Park.
There is much frustration around getting the monkeypox vaccine in the Bay Area with too-great demand and too-little supply.
Bay Area health leaders said Thursday they share the frustration of people who waited in line for hours trying to get doses of the monkeypox vaccine.
As the number of monkeypox cases in the Bay Area grows and as people wait for vaccines, calls are growing urgent for a more aggressive response to the outbreak.
San Francisco public health officials said Wednesday they are running out of monkeypox vaccines and are urgently requesting additional ones from the federal government.
