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5:10 p.m.: Top California lawmaker calls U.S. monkeypox response ‘maddeningly slow’ despite two years of COVID
The number of confirmed monkeypox cases continues to grow in California and the country — and with it calls for the federal government to do more.
It has been almost eight weeks since the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in California. Since, there have been more than 265 in the state, with more than 2,100 nationwide.
On Wednesday, Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said more could have been done to slow or prevent the spread.
“Despite two years of experience with COVID, our response to monkeypox has been maddeningly slow,” Rendon said.
The speaker, one of the most powerful lawmakers in the state, says he has sent a letter asking U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to declare a public emergency for monkeypox. He says such a declaration…
