- San Francisco may be turning a corner on monkeypox, with early data showing the local epidemic slowing down in recent weeks. By Catherine Ho
- People recovering from monkeypox should wait at least 48 hours after symptoms subside before resuming activities outside the home, and wear condoms during sex for 12 weeks after infection, California health officials said in new recommendations... By Catherine Ho
- Bay Area health care providers have begun administering the monkeypox vaccine to residents using a newly approved injection method that allows them to inoculate up to five times more people than the earlier method did. By Catherine Ho
- In an effort to clarify their stance on contact tracing for monkeypox, San Francisco health officials sought to reassure residents Wednesday that they are still reaching out to contacts of patients who are willing to reveal those associates --... By Nanette Asimov
- A man who recently sought care for monkeypox at Stanford did not report sexual contact or lesions on the anus or genitals — an unusual case that highlights the need to better understand how the virus may be spreading beyond sexual networks. By Catherine Ho
- After a case of polio recently surfaced in New York, experts say it’s unlikely you’re at risk of from the disease in the Bay Area if you’re vaccinated. But how long does protection from polio vaccines last? And what if you’re uncertain about your... By Kellie Hwang
- A person in custody at San Francisco County jails is the first inmate with a confirmed case of monkeypox, Sheriff’s Office officials said Monday. By Aidin Vaziri
- The U.S. is the largest consumer market for wildlife in the world. By Ann Linder
- Which recalled S.F. school board member wants her old job back, and how did a 10-year-old get onstage with Green Day at Outside Lands? Test your news knowledge in our weekly quiz.
- As of Wednesday, authorities said there are no suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox within the jail population. By Shwanika Narayan
- With sky-high demand for the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials approved a new injection method to stretch out doses, but that does not mean the pressure for shots in places like San Francisco will ease right away. By Aidin Vaziri
- While monkeypox isn’t a new illness, some confusion during the current outbreak revolves around how the virus spreads and ways that people can become infected. Here’s what you need to know about transmission. By Kellie Hwang
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‘Absolutely ridiculous’: LGBT leaders vent frustration over lack of access to monkeypox antiviral...The state Senate’s Select Committee on Monkeypox held its first oversight hearing about the public-health response to the outbreak Tuesday. By Dustin Gardiner
- With wastewater surveillance already proving to be a vital tool in tracking coronavirus levels in the Bay Area, scientists are now looking to sewage to help them detect monkeypox and other diseases. By Aidin Vaziri
- San Francisco has demanded more vaccines and treatment options for its soaring cases of monkeypox — but the city has all but abandoned a time-honored method of containing outbreaks: contact tracing. By Nanette Asimov
- As the number of monkeypox cases explodes nationwide. and the public health system struggles to spread the word, here’s one person’s tale of a painful illness and his struggle to find care. By Jackie Fortiér
- “This individual, and any other incarcerated person with a suspected or confirmed case of monkeypox, will be housed in isolation according to the Department of Public Health quarantine recommendations,” San Francisco Sheriff’s Office spokesperson... By Megan Cassidy
- Coronavirus case rates and test positivity are steadily declining in California and the Bay Area, signaling that the region is finally on the downside of this summer’s record-long COVID-19 surge driven by successive waves of omicron subvariants. By Aidin Vaziri
- The declaration from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra is meant to free up additional resources and hasten other measures to combat the virus, which has surged to more than 7,100 cases nationwide. By Catherine Ho
- Track the number of monkeypox cases in California and the San Francisco Bay Area reported since May 2022.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a public health state of emergency in California on Monday in response to the rapid spread of the monkeypox virus, a move that will make it easier for the state to distribute vaccines quickly. By Dustin Gardiner
- Fifth & Mission podcast: While San Francisco declared a state of emergency, members of the LGBTQ community are furious at limited vaccine access — and fearful of discrimination. By fifth & mission
- San Francisco’s Up Your Alley fair was back Sunday in all its kink and leather, and monkeypox precautions were in place along with the required COVID vaccination. By Sam Whiting
- Federal regulators last week loosened stringent rules around prescribing TPOXX, the only antiviral available to treat monkeypox. But the drug remains scarce, even in San Francisco, whose health care infrastructure is better equipped than most to... By Catherine Ho
- San Francisco’s annual Up Your Alley leather and fetish fair is expected to go on this weekend despite widespread concerns about the spread of monkeypox. By Annie Vainshtein
- The monkeypox outbreak across the country has prompted a state of emergency in San Francisco, as the city’s LGBTQ residents wait in hours-long lines to get a vaccination, sometimes to be told there aren’t any left. But a vaccine for the disease... By Danielle Echeverria
- San Francisco General’s vaccine clinic is prioritizing monkeypox vaccines for gay and bisexual Latino men, who account for a disproportionately high number of cases in the city. By Catherine Ho
- As monkeypox cases quickly spread across California, the virus is taking an uneven toll on gay and bisexual men and transgender people, according to new data released Friday by the state Department of Public Health. By Dustin Gardiner, Yoohyun Jung
- Monkeypox is here, it is spreading, and it isn’t going away on its own. By Monica Gandhi
- More than two months after the first case was detected in the United States, the monkeypox outbreak is continuing to spread quickly nationwide and in the Bay Area, mostly among gay and bisexual men, and is showing no signs of slowing down. By Catherine Ho
- As the city of San Francisco declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to rising cases of monkeypox, members of San Francisco’s LGBTQ community expressed frustration and anger over the government’s response. By Tony Bravo and Annie Vainshtein
- San Francisco officials declared a state of emergency in response to the intensifying monkeypox outbreak in the city, which appears to be one of two hotbeds for the disease in California. By Rachel Swan
- The monkeypox vaccine clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, one of the main public vaccination sites in the city, got only 7,800 doses after requesting 35,000, the San Francisco Public Health Department said Monday. By Catherine Ho
- San Francisco is prioritizing first doses of the monkeypox vaccine until nationwide vaccine supply improves — which will give more people a chance to obtain partial protection from one dose, but likely delay second doses for those who’ve already... By Catherine Ho
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed and public health authorities in Sacramento are imploring federal health officials to ramp up monkeypox vaccine distribution as the city sees a sharp spike in cases. By Aidin Vaziri
- Fifth & Mission podcast: On Monday, advocates protested outside the U.S. Health and Human Services office in San Francisco to call out the slow federal response to the monkeypox outbreak and the low supply of monkeypox vaccines. By fifth & mission
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Monkeypox in San Francisco: Protesters blast federal government for response to ‘avoidable’ outbreakSeveral San Francisco LGBTQ advocacy organizations descended on the U.S. Health and Human Services’ regional office Monday to protest what they said was the federal government’s anemic response to the growing monkeypox outbreak and the dearth of... By Melissa Newcomb
- A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year. By Angela Hart
- Federal health officials on Friday said thousands more doses of monkeypox vaccine will be delivered across the country in the coming weeks, and priority will be given to states and jurisdictions with the most cases — which could put California and... By Catherine Ho
- Wastewater data from San Francisco suggests that the current coronavirus surge in the city may be the worst so far — even bigger than omicron. But case counts paint a very different picture. By Erin Allday
- San Francisco’s monkeypox vaccine supply is running critically low, city health officials said Wednesday in an effort to urge action from the Biden administration. By Aidin Vaziri
- San Francisco’s LGBTQ community is calling on the federal government to greatly step up distribution of vaccines against monkeypox, which is now spreading mostly through male-to-male sex. By Nanette Asimov
- San Francisco has a shortage of vaccines and resources to address a surge in monkeypox. Have we learned nothing from COVID? By Nuala Bishari
- As monkeypox cases continue to climb and some parts of California report signs the disease is spreading in the community, Bay Area experts weigh in on where this outbreak may be headed. By Erin Allday
- The United States will immediately deliver 56,000 additional doses of monkeypox vaccine to states, plus 240,000 more in the coming weeks, as federal health officials ramp up efforts to control the rapidly growing national outbreak. By Erin Allday
- COVID-19 cases remain stubbornly high across California despite some indicators earlier this week that the state had moved past the peak of its spring surge, with the Bay Area continuing to outpace other regions with its rate of infections. By Aidin Vaziri
- Officials are advising Bay Area residents and their health care providers to look out for symptoms of monkeypox ahead of summer travel and other festivities, given that most of the cases identified so far are associated with possible sexual... By Aidin Vaziri
- San Francisco and Alameda counties reported new probable monkeypox cases on Thursday, bringing the Bay Area total to five infections. By Erin Allday
- As the still-rare monkeypox crops up around the world, including a San Francisco case now among five in California, people on the alert for the symptoms may not always see the traditionally known pus blisters. By Kellie Hwang
- Federal health officials have identified 20 cases of monkeypox in 11 states, the Centers for Disease Control said Friday. The probable case in San Francisco was not among those. By Catherine Ho and Lauren Hernandez
- Sacramento County public health officials said Friday they have identified a second suspected case of monkeypox in the county through public tracing. By Annie Vainshtein
- Fifth & Mission podcast: With a likely case detected near Sacramento, is it time to worry about this virus in the smallpox family? Health reporter Erin Allday joins host Cecilia Lei to talk about monkeypox, and about why the CDC is advising... By fifth & mission
- Public health officials in Sacramento County said Tuesday they were investigating a “likely” case of the monkeypox virus related to travel in Europe. By Jessica Flores
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising men who have sex with men look out for symptoms of monkeypox ahead of upcoming Pride festivities. By Erin Allday
- Cases of the viral infection known as monkeypox have been reported worldwide, including in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Is this the next scary disease? By Kellie Hwang