Santa Clara County monkeypox cases double in a week, vaccine eligibility expands
Starting this week, the Public Health Department of Santa Clara County will offer the monkeypox vaccine to eligible people via appointment only.
Monkeypox vaccine continues slow rollout
For folks concerned about the spread of monkeypox here in the Bay Area, the reality is though the vaccine is highly effective, it remains in short supply, well behind demand. If this disease was a transmissible as Covid, we would be in another scary scenario as we saw in the early Covid days. Fortunately it is not: as of Friday, 1,469 monkeypox cases nationwide.
San Francisco to receive more than 4,100 doses of monkeypox vaccine
San Francisco is expected to receive more than 4,100 doses of monkeypox vaccine by next week, State Senator Scott Wiener said.
San Francisco running out of monkeypox vaccine, state senator blames feds
San Francisco is running out of the monkeypox vaccine at a time when demand is surging. According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, only 50 doses remain available on Wednesday.
San Francisco calls on feds to speed up monkeypox vaccine distribution
San Francisco leaders called on the federal government Tuesday to ramp up distribution of monkeypox vaccines, saying the city needs to inoculate its vulnerable gay population, which has been disproportionately affected by the virus.