Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency for monkeypox

After months of monkeypox cases rising across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to help expand vaccination efforts. The declaration comes after San Francisco announced its own state of emergency last week, and after a top health official said that the state is using the same infrastructure from the COVID-19 pandemic to respond to monkeypox cases. The state is expecting an additional 72,000 doses of vaccine from the federal government. So far, California has distributed more than 25,000 vaccine doses.