To further bolster the state’s monkeypox response, state health leaders have outlined for federal partners the supply needed in California to mitigate the spread of the virus. In a letter to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, California estimates it needs at least 600,000 to 800,000 additional...

With the arrival of an additional 9,000 JYNNEOS doses late last week and an additional 7,000 doses arriving later this week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is expanding eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine to include additional residents at higher risk of exposure. Beginning tomorrow,...

With the arrival of an additional 6,000 JYNNEOS doses this week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is expanding the eligibility criteria for residents to receive the monkeypox vaccine. However, due to continued limited supply of JYNNEOS vaccine from the federal government, vaccine is...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is aligning with the federal nationwide monkeypox vaccination strategy. Although doses of the vaccine are limited, the strategy will provide protection to those most at risk of monkeypox infection. To date, Public Health has administered nearly 800 vaccine...

Los Angeles County Public Health has confirmed local transmission of monkeypox in L.A. County, as some of the more recent of the 22 cases of monkeypox in L.A. County thus far have no history of international or out-of-state travel. There have been no hospitalizations or deaths. Anyone can get and...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has identified a second case of presumed monkeypox infection in Los Angeles County. The patient is an adult resident who has history of recent travel. They are symptomatic but doing well and isolating away from others. Public Health is continuing to...

Los Angeles County Public Health confirms that risk of monkeypox in L.A. County remains very low with no suspected or confirmed cases in L.A. County. Currently there are over 200 confirmed cases of monkeypox across 20 countries. This includes nine confirmed cases in the United States, one of which is...

The California Department of Public Health, working with Sacramento County Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is investigating its first suspected case of monkeypox infection in Sacramento County in a person who recently traveled abroad. On May 21, 2022, California Public...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is working with state and national partners on an international outbreak of monkeypox. On May 19 the Centers for Disease Control confirmed a case of monkeypox in the United States in Massachusetts. In addition, the CDC is also tracking multiple clusters...