As criticism grows from LGBTQ activists and others, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said it will expand eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine to certain patients with recent sexually transmitted diseases and to high-risk people at Men’s Central Jail.
Still, eligibility will remain limited to the highest-risk people, and officials are reporting a severe shortage of the Jynneos vaccine that likely won’t be resolved for months.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “has really been committed to letting us know that more — much more — is coming our way,” said Andrea Kim, director of vaccine-preventable disease control for L.A. County. “By the end of the year, it’s projected that we will have millions of doses available of Jynneos.”
