We describe the role of a public health SHC in King County's mpox response between May 23, 2022, and October 31, 2022.#In July 2022, the SHC implemented a dedicated vaccine clinic and presumptive tecovirimat treatment (before laboratory confirmation) with on-site dispensation. We describe ...
Hundreds line up for monkeypox vaccines at first 'community' clinic in Seattle Saturday, hundreds of people waited in line to get vaccinated for monkeypox at one of the first community vaccination clinics to be offered in Seattle and King County. The World Health Organization declared the gl...
“Prince George’s County has certainly been the hardest-hit jurisdiction in the region and we thank the White House, FEMA and our other federal partners for selecting our county as a location for a federally-run mass vaccination site,” Alsobrooks said. “It is absolutely critical that we ...
When Washington filed its COVID-19 vaccination plan with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October, the state said it would rely on a software tool called PrepMod to help vaccinators process patients and data. Developed by a nonprofit in Massachusetts, the program...
Clark County is far from the worst in the state; it has the sixth lowest complete immunization rate. In San Juan County, only 47 percent of kindergartners got their complete immunizations. "This is a self-inflicted wound," Hotez said of the low vaccination rates in the Pacific North...