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San Francisco, New York state declare monkeypox emergencies as outbreak grows

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Updated July 28, 2022 at 10:10 p.m. EDT|Published July 28, 2022 at 9:45 p.m. EDT
A protester in San Francisco urges increased access to monkeypox vaccine July 18. That city's mayor on July 28 declared a state of emergency because of the growing number of monkeypox cases. (Haven Daley/AP)
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San Francisco and the state of New York declared public health emergencies Thursday amid the growing monkeypox outbreak, the latest in escalating measures in response to the rapidly spreading virus.

The action by two of the hardest-hit areas comes after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency this past weekend and as the Biden administration weighs a national emergency declaration.