daskalakis. dr. daskalakis: today, i wanted to touch on our response to provide april advice to reduce the risk of monkeypox as we work to get vaccination and testing to scale. it has been a top priority since the earliest days of the outbreak to communicate in a plane and direct language about how monkeypox is transmitted and what actions people, specifically men who have sex with men, can take to avoid exposure. it is part of our mission to provide this advice in a way that reaches men who have sex with men in places they know and trust to look at behaviors associated with monkeypox transmission so that they and transgender and gender diverse individuals have the tools to navigate this outbreak. the clear community has -- the queer community has been clear in emphasizing the message, and 94% of cases were associated with sexual activity and nearly all the cases have been seen engage, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. today, the cdc's reports that a special survey of participants of the

thank you and i'll now things turn things over to dr daskalakis. >> thank you so much. dr walensky today i wanted to provide an update on a key element of our response that's working closely with gay bisexual and other men who have with men to provide evidence based behavioral advice to help reduce the risk of monkeypox as we work to get vaccination and testing to scale. it has been a top priority since the earliest days of the outbreak to communicate in plain and direct language about how monkeypox is transmitted and what actions people specifically, men who have with men can take to avoid exposure to this virus. it has been courting my and our mission to provide this advice in a way that reaches men who have with men in places they know and trust and to speak plainly and directly about behaviors associated with monkeypox transmission so that they and transgender and gender diverse individuals have the tools to navigate this outbreak. the queer community has been central in developing adapting and amplifying these messages as the outbreak has unfolded and the epidemiol

daskalakis is a national expert on issues affecting the % lgbtq community. the white house says the pair would coordinate, quote, strategy and operations to combat the current monkeypox outbreak including equitably equitably increasing the availability of tests of vaccinations and treatments. president biden's covid-19 antigen test came back positive again today. his decision also reports cities experiencing a loose cough. >> but that his lungs are clear as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain normal. the president said to be feeling well and in good spirits. he will continue to isolate and conduct business from the executive residence. santa clara county is now administering the novavax covid vaccines. the vaccines 2 doses are administered between 3 and 8 weeks apart. the novavax is different from the moderna and pfizer vaccines in that it has a traditional vaccine composition using non-infectious pieces of coronavirus particles. >> the fda and the cdc approved the novavax vaccine last month for adults. but it ha

daskalakis testing. so i think that we really moved urgently. think this sort of level of coordination that we are bringing here, myself in bob fenton is really designed to accelerate and make this response very efficient. >> okay, so listen, -- i happen to be a game and myself. there is a lot of frustration with the administration and the rollout. people are upset, it's hard for people to get, you, no appointments. to get their vaccine. you have to go online. it is not available and you make an appointment and then it's not there. i was lucky enough to get my vaccine today after my doctor really, you know, pursuing and helping need to pursue. it but not everyone is as lucky. there have been a lot of problems with this rollout and accessibility, why, and how are you planning to make things smoother? >> yeah, so first, thank you for getting vaccinated, that is amazing. it's great. it really shows that it is important. and talking about it is really important to some folks, i know that the vaccination is an important part of a multi domain strateg

well, the deputy coordinator for the white house monkeypox response, doctor dimitri daskalakis, will join me cancer those questions. first, my colleague, richard, louis is here with other top news stories. richard, when he got? >> we'll start with, this russia is saying it is investigating a possible contract killing of the daughter of an ally of vladimir putin. the car exploded saturday while she was driving. investigators say that an explosive disavow this was placed underneath the car. nbc news has not been able to verify that information. the ukrainian presidential advisor did say that ukraine had nothing to do with this incident. first lady, dr. jill biden, no longer in isolation after receiving two negative covid tests. her office says she will return to travel with president biden, who is in delaware today. the first lady was an isolation for five days after testing positive. wendy's says it is pulling lettuce from damages at its michigan, ohio and pennsylvania restaurants. it's a precautionary step amid an e. coli outbreak in some areas. the cdc does not know the outbreak sou

but officials say it's necessary to contain the outbreak which daskalakis believes is still possible. obviously round the clock across the means of government try to not let this be a part of fabric and consideration. the u.s. and health officials anticipate access to the vaccine should get easier over the next couple weeks. >> if there is some good news to report. so far, no deaths have been reported connected to monkeypox here in the u.s. reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. >> flames engulf a business in oakland. this is video you're watching from the citizen app. nearly 3 dozen firefighters rushed to the scene on edgewater drive. you can see the flames shooting up from the top of that building. there. and yet very active scene as firefighters work to extinguish those flames. this happened near the oakland airport. firefighters telling us it's not the first time this building has gone up in flames. >> we've been here about 2 prior for. had a lot of damage from first fire. we set up operations defensively free ladder pipes will rebound 7 inches a lot of mice. >> the cause of

white house deputy monkeypox coordinator, dimitri daskalakis says the strategy will help stretch the nation's limited supply of vaccines. it's safe. it's equally effective and also allows us to expects 10 vaccine so that we can maximize protection in the community and white house monkeypox response coordinator bob benton says shipments of the vaccine will be prioritized to communities that need it. the most fellow right up to 50,000 doses from the national stockpile. >> to be have made available for pride and other events that i had and some, bisexual that. >> and the cdc says this is a 2 dose vaccine and protection is the highest 2 weeks after the second dose. for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> thank you, anna. in the east bay, health officials are opening up an online system to schedule appointments for monkeypox vaccines and increase supply in contra costa county is allowing that county to dole out more doses with the fda authorization of this service. they can now get more doses out of vials, allowing them to vaccinate more people to try to slow the s

it is really i think the real time dimitri daskalakis is helping lead the national response to monkeypox, which has now infected more than 7,000 americans. the most important thing is to let people who have the knowledge and how about bucs transmit. the virus spreads through skin to skin contact and sharing bedding towels and clothing. patients have been primarily men who have with men. but health officials stress the virus can infect anyone could clear messaging to people about how to prevent infection without drives are up there. there the declaration comes amid criticism from major cities over monkeypox vaccine availability. some of that to stop offering the second dose to ensure supply of first doses. as soon as we saw that this outbreak was different. >> in transmitting much more rapidly. we quickly moved to order 10's of thousands of more doses. white house press secretary karine jean pierre said the administration has made more than a million doses available. >> and boost to the processing of tests to 80,000 per week. the declaration should help the federal government better track

white house deputy monkeypox coordinator, dimitri daskalakis says the strategy will help stretch the nation's limited supply of vaccines. it's safe. it's equally effective and also allows us to expects 10 vaccine so that we can maximize protfction in the community and white house monkeypox response coordinator bob fenton says shipments of the vaccine will be prioritized to communities that need it the most that provide up to 50,000 doses from the national stockpile. >> to be made available for pride and other events that will have high tide and some and bisexual men. >> and the cdc says this is a 2 dose vaccine and protection is the highest 2 weeks after the second dose. for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> thank you, anna. the federal push to increase access to monkeypox vaccines comes as bay area clinics work to stretch their supplies. health officials from san francisco, santa clara and contra costa counties have all said they are now splitting up the doses and using one-fifth as much vaccine per shot. that strategy, as you heard was recently approved by

team president biden named robert fenton from fema as the white house coordinator, and dimitri daskalakis from the cdc. as the deputy coordinator. benton helped manage the mass covid vaccination site at colosseum last year. the announcement comes as the u. s aims to increase monkey pox vaccination efforts. santa clara county is giving residents another vaccine option to protect them from covid-19 county started administering the nova vax covid-19 vaccine today. the two dose vaccine for adults was approved by federal regulators last month. it differs from the moderna and fighter vaccines because it uses noninfectious pieces of coronavirus particles. the vaccine was tested on 30,000 adults here in the us and in mexico. it was found to be 90.4% effective at preventing mild moderate and severe cases of the virus. the vaccines, two doses are administered between three and eight weeks apart. legendary sportscaster and former voice of the los angeles dodgers been scully has passed away at the age of 94. the team announced his passing earlier tonight. scully spent 67 seasons with the dodgers, the

it is really i think the real time dimitri daskalakis is helping lead the national response to monkeypox, which has now infected more than 7,000 americans. the most important thing is to let people who have the knowledge of how he bought transmit. the virus spreads through skin to skin contact and sharing bedding towels and clothing. patients have been primarily men who have with men. but health officials stress the virus can infect anyone could clear messaging to people about how to prevent infection without drives. are there. there that the declaration comes amid criticism from major cities over monkeypox vaccine availability. some of that to stop offering the second dose to ensure supply of first doses. as soon as we saw that this outbreak was different. >> in transmitting much more rapidly. we quickly moved to order tens of thousands of more doses. white house press secretary karine jean pierre said the administration has made more than a million doses available and boosted the processing of tests to 80,000 per week. the declaration should help the federal government better track who

daskalakis is a national expert on issues affecting the lgbtq community. the white house said the pair would coordinate strategy and operations to combat the current maki monkeypox outbreak, including equitably increasing the availability of tests, vaccinations and treatments. >> this is a look inside santa clara county's 9.88 call center where the phone lines went live just about 2 weeks ago. 9, 8, 8, is a nationwide phone number that connects callers to a suicide and mental health crisis. lifeline. the number is national but calls a typically rabbit to local call centers and the santa clara county center. there are 10 staff members and more than 70 volunteers. their goal is to answer all calls for help within 6 rings and then determine what kind of help the caller needs. >> our ultimate goal is making sure that we send the right response to the right call. it's a mental health call. we want to be able to send a clinician. it's a public safety call. it's going to back to public safety. if it's if it's a family in crisis, we're going to able to get them co

it is really i think the real time dimitri daskalakis is helping lead the national response to monkeypox, which has now infected more than 7,000 americans. the most important thing is to let people who have the knowledge and how about bucs transmit. the virus spreads through skin to skin contact and sharing bedding towels and clothing. patients have been primarily men who have with men. but health officials stress the virus can infect anyone could clear messaging to people about how to prevent infection without drives. are there. there the declaration comes amid criticism from major cities over monkeypox vaccine availability. some of that to stop offering the second dose to ensure supply of first doses. as soon as we saw that this outbreak was different. >> in transmitting much more rapidly. we quickly moved to order 10's of thousands. >> of more doses. white house press secretary karine jean pierre said the administration has made more than a million doses available and boost to the processing of tests to 80,000 per week. the declaration should help the federal government better track w

and doctor dimitri daskalakis is going to be fenton's deputy. he is the director of the cdc's hiv prevention division also earned a national expert on issues affecting the lgbt community. >> the white house says the pair going to coordinate strategy and operations to increase the availability of tests. vaccines and treatments. >> 7.10, dodgers hall of fame baseball announcer. vin scully has died at the age of 94 years old. the team says colleague family confirmed he data home last night in los angeles since cali was the longest tenured broadcast with a single team. it's pro pro sports history. he served as the dodgers voice 4 till his retirement in 2016. the dodgers. >> the players managers deccan voters. the whole sports world really associates. vin scully with the dodgers. yeah. he was a constant for fans on both coasts. governor gavin newsome tweeted about scalia's passing saying for literally millions of baseball fans, vins voice was dodger baseball. >> he defined his media. he was the common denominator across so many generations. he was in

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the strategy was recently approved by the fda white house deputy monkeypox coordinator, dimitri daskalakis says the strategy will help stretch the nation's limited supply of vaccines. it's safe. it's equally effective and also allows us to expects 10 vacci so that we can maximize protection in the community. >> health officials say it is expected that most sites in san francisco. >> we'll completely switch to this technique stretching the shot by the time. the next vaccine allocation arrives in san francisco, the health department in san francisco has requested 11,000 more vials of the monkeypox vaccine, but has not yet heard from the state as toto how much they'll actually be get it. now in the east bay in contra costa county. those new vaccine protocols are allowing health officials to use a more efficient system for scheduling appointments, which is helpful. there is now an online system to schedule appointments for monkeypox vaccines. and we are able to get intradermally which only requires a fraction of that do so one 5th of the dose to get the same response. >> it goes just sent to t

robert fenton with fema will serve as the white house coordinator and doctor dimitri daskalakis will be the who is the director of the cdc's hiv prevention division will be named fenton's deputy fenton helped to lead the most covid mass vaccination effort. that's the law. kuz is a national expert on issues affecting the lgbtq community. white house said the pair would coordinate strategy and operations to combat the current monkeypox outbreak including equitably increasing the availability of tests, vaccinations and treatments. president biden's covid-19 antigen tests came back positive again today. his physician also reports he's experiencing a loose cough. >> but that his lungs are clear. this temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain normal. the president is said to be feeling well well and in good spirits. he will continue to isolate and conduct business from the executive residence. santa clara county is now administering the novavax covid vaccine is the vaccines. 2 doses are administered between 3 and 8 weeks apart. >> the novavax is diff

it is really i think the real time dimitri daskalakis is helping lead the national response to monkeypox, which has now infected more than 7,000 americans. the most important thing is to let people who have the knowledge and how about box transmit. the virus spreads through skin to skin contact and sharing bedding towels and clothing. patients have been primarily men who have with men. but health officials stress the virus can infect anyone could clear messaging to people about how to prevent infection without drives. are there. there that the declaration comes amid criticism from major cities over monkeypox vaccine availability. some of that to stop offering the second dose to ensure supply of first doses. as soon as we saw that this outbreak was different. >> in transmitting much more rapidly. we quickly moved to order tens of thousands of more doses. white house press secretary karine jean pierre said the administration has made more than a million doses available and boosted the processing of tests to 80,000 per week. the declaration should help the federal government better track wh

it is really i think the real time dimitri daskalakis is helping lead the national response to monkeypoxich has now infected more than 7,000 americans. the most important thing is to let people who have the knowledge and how about bucs transmit. the virus spreads through skin to skin contact and sharing bedding towels and clothing. patients have been primarily men who have with men. but health officials stress the virus can infect anyone clear messaging to people about how to prevent infection without drives. are there. there the declaration comes amid criticism from major cities over monkeypox vaccine availability. some of that to stop offering the second dose to ensure supply of first doses. as soon as we saw that this outbreak was different. >> in transmitting much more rapidly. we quickly moved to order 10's of thousands. >> of more doses. white house press secretary karine jean pierre said the administration has made more than a million doses available and boosted the processing of tests to 80,000 per week. the declaration should help the federal government better track who is infec

demetre daskalakis as his deputy.joins illinois and new york declaring a state of emergency due to monkeypox. cases are rising across the country. more than 5,000 now confirmed in the united states and concern growing as more children test positive. two pediatric cases now reported in indiana. a total of four in the u.s. >> we need to jump all over this and i think many people would agree the response could have been more vigorous from the beginning and now we're trying to play catch-up. >> reporter: pressure growing on the white house to declare a national health emergency as they work to release more than a million doses of the vaccine which is currently only approved for people over 18. >> this is one of the most painful things i've ever dealt with in my life. >> reporter: chicago resident kyle benter contracted monkeypox in mid july. he's now in the final recovery stage waiting for his lesions to fully heal. >> akin to what i would say was medieval torture because it was so long. it was unending. >> reporter: so f