Jackie Fortiér
Former Senior Health Reporter
(she/her)
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Young children who haven’t been exposed in the last two years are especially vulnerable. -
New CDC study finds Jynneos vaccine is effective against infection.
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Thousands of high-risk people need to be vaccinated, so clinics are showing up at local LGBTQ festivals to make it easy.
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It's the first monkeypox-related death in California and only the second such death in the U.S.
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The goal is to make access to monkeypox treatment, testing and vaccinations easier.
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Known COVID cases continue to fall.
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The program is still accepting orders before Sept. 2, 2022.
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Cases double every 16 days, but that’s actually an improvement.
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Eligibility has been expanded, but vaccine doses remain in short supply.
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Coronavirus-related hospitalizations have dropped in the county while monkeypox vaccines remain scarce.
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