The District has recorded more monkeypox cases per capita than any state, and launched a vaccination effort targeting the at-risk community.
Even before the first U.S. case of monkeypox was confirmed in Massachusetts in mid-May, D.C. public health officials were preparing for an influx of infections.
than any state, and launched an aggressive vaccination effort to blanket the at-risk community in protection. The federal government gave the city and other hotspots priority access to vaccines. But a nationwide shortage has left much of the gay and bisexual community — most cases are among men who have sex with men — awaiting doses as infection spreads.
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