Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares the monkeypox virus vaccine at St. John's Well Child & Family Center in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)As if COVID-19, inflation and the economy weren't enough, the rise in monkeypox cases has given Californians yet another thing to worry about. Monkeypox has gained a foothold among men and transgender people in the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles. Right now, monkeypox cases are "approaching an exponential curve," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious-disease expert at UC San Francisco. How does monkeypox spread?

Source: Los Angeles Times August 12, 2022 05:23 UTC