In 2021, Calif. was ranked as the #1 state for gun safety by the Giffords Law Center, seeing a 37% lower gun death rate than national...
The conference was attended by LGBTQ activists from the South, featured 100 quilt panels. Attendees participated in quilt-making workshops
Both coronavirus and the monkeypox outbreak has disproportionately affected essential workers, who are predominantly Black and Latino
Racial disparities persist in new cases of monkeypox as Black & Latino people are overrepresented in the numbers
With the racial disparity ongoing, health observers say additional efforts are needed to reach out to marginalized communities
The patient was severely immunocompromised & hospitalized. To protect confidentiality & privacy additional information won't be made public
"It’s preferable to avoid skin-to-skin contact altogether if someone has monkeypox but at the very least using a condom may reduce that risk"
“I think it’s important to emphasize that deaths due to monkeypox, while possible, remain very rare” a CDC official said
Data collected shows targeted messaging to high-risk populations on safer sexual practices and social gathering has been effective
Monkeypox being spread through sex, not brief skin-to-skin contact- Key points in the messaging includes "monkeypox can affect anyone"
