LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County health officials will expand access to monkeypox vaccines on July 10, but the limited supply of doses means they will only be provided to high-risk residents who are specifically contacted by the Department of Public Health.
As of Friday, there were a total of 54 confirmed monkeypox cases in the county, nearly double the number from a week ago. But public health officials insisted during an online briefing Friday that the risk of infection in the general population remains extremely low.
But news of additional cases has prompted some calls for expanded access to the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine, which remains in limited supply. The county had already administered its supply of roughly 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which is actually a two-dose regimen….