Health Officials, LGBT Groups Demand More Monkeypox Vaccines, Testing

A health care worker prepares a dose of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, 2022. Patrick T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

As the number of confirmed monkeypox cases rose to more than 1,300 in California on Aug. 9, health officials and the LGBT community are demanding the federal government step up its response to the outbreak.

Those 1,300 cases account for about 20 percent of the United States caseload, according to Dr. Vivek Jain, a disease control expert who testified at an informational hearing of the state Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox on Tuesday.