incredible leadership during the pandemic and throughout her tenure and amplified the importance of our public healthtem. madam mayor. [applause] >> thank you carla and you had me at on time and under budget. really excited about the new southeast family health center that is finally i believe a dream realized. in fact, a lot of the work that former supervisor sophie maxwell did while on the board of supervisors and i want a member of the redevelopment agency commission with all the stuff going on here and oscar james would come to the meetings and fight for this community and the fact that we are starting to finally realize a lot of the promises made to the bayview, a lot of the decisions that we are making have everything to do with input of the people of this community and it has taken a long time, but here we are. we know how important having a community health center is. in fact during the global pandemic with a lot of uncertainty and fear, part of the work we did into the emergency response had everything to do with the southeast health center that is located there and they were able to work wi

monkeypox, including vaccines and treatment, go to abc7news.com. >> monkeypox has been a major public health issue gripping the attention of the public and health officials. a group of doctors is warning people not to forget about the threat covid continues to pose. hospitalization rates and deaths will only increase closer to winter. sac fly and has more. >> the world has come a long way since the earliest days of the pandemic when little was known about covid-19 and when vaccines were a distant possibility. local doctors fear we are getting too comfortable. >> part of what we have been told is covid is smile now. people have been hospitalized, so it is ok to get it. this is wrong. >> she says messaging that more covid treatment puts us at less risk is wrong. that was brought up i the white house press secretary on the view. >> right now, you can get a vaccine, boosters, the same treatment the president had, paxlovid. >> she says locally, it is not that simple. >> as a prescribing provider, i spent on the first paxlovid prescription i had to make, i had to call three different pharmacies. t

public health policy and health care delivery. the last few years should have taught us valuable lessens on how to intentionally and equitably scale up testing, community awareness, vaccination, and how coordinated harm reduction messaging can help prevent the spread of disease. but here we are months after ringing the first alarm to the federal government. weeks after my warning we had a imminent window to prevent the spread of monkeypox in our community and now we arrive at a public health state of emergency. san francisco aids foundation applauds this decision of the city to declare monkeypox a public health emergency. we hope that this decision will bring greater resources and attention to monkeypox response here in san francisco and we are continuing to push the federal government to also declare a similar public health emergency. we heard one reason the federal government has decided not to declare a public health emergency around monkeypox is because monkeypox is not a fatal disease as we heard. this is true, but what canno

this will bolster oversight efforts of all public health and workforce safety at the department will also perform a role in relating to the dhs broad mission set so i look forwardce to this new office of health security and actions that will take to coordinate on the wmd health matters and want to make sure we are lining up with of the reauthorization and actions at the department over the last 24 hours. the authorities of the officers had to expire late next year and again as the committee considers the reauthorization legislation that we've introduced i look forward to hearing all of the witnesses as we did on the threat landscape and now the bipartisan legislation will strengthen this levelre of preparedness. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you ranking member portman. the chemical, radiological and nuclear weapons refer to are the most fatal and fatally disruptive potential tax that the nation faces. examples by nefarious actors include the use of an advanced nerve agent by russians in theth united kingdom and certainly demonstrates the need for the increased stability to prevent

public health response at dulles . multiple additional members from our team deployed to philadelphia airport and safe havens across the country and as welcome allies refuge, transition to operationalize welcome. dhs was named lead federal agency and our team continued to lead and still leads the public health response. over this 11 month mission, we have worked together with the public health and medical experts from hhs, including the centers for disease control and prevention, the u.s. health service, aspirin and the departments of defense and state to coordinate a dynamic nimble federal public health response rooted in clinical best practices to safeguard the health and well being of the american people in the health and well being of our afghan guests. we held countless briefings with state and local public health, met with hospital leadership in all safe haven states and had daily medical briefings with the clinical experts across the federal government. this was truly an all of nation public health and medical e

more monkeypox vaccines are in san francisco after a week of waiting the department of public health t they received more than 4200 doses just this morning and a walk-in vaccine clinic at san francisco general hospital will reopen monday morning when it comes to positive cases. health experts in the bay area are sounding the alarm, though, about how the virus is disproportionately affecting people of color in kron four's rob nesbitt has been looking into the numbers. there'd try to figure out why this is happening. and he's live in the newsroom with that. rob. >> grant is no easy answer as to why a majority of monkeypox cases are happening on among the latino community and other people of color. scientists are looking at the possibilities and doing everything they can to get monkeypox information to those who need it. most. in order to stop the spread of monkeypox. you first need to look at who's testing positive for the north bay to the south bay, where doctor sara cody give an update wednesday of the 39 people with monkeypox a little over half belonged to the latinx community. it's

but the california department of public health want it.cine supply seems to be the biggest concern with monkeypox at the local federal and state level. >> california department of public health director doctor tomas aragon says he has sent a letter to the cdc, communicate with them with a lot of clarity that we need. we need more doses. the state's public health officer says the current outbreak of monkeypox is being monitored and evaluated to decide of a state of emergency is necessary. 24 hours after mayor london breed declared a local public health emergency in san francisco, outbreaks of the virus have happened before. and doctor aragon shed some light on how a central african strain and west african strain are impacting the current outbreak from it. you know my perspective, the virus has changed. >> and maybe explaining why we're seeing more human to human transmission experience is pretty terrible. john pacheco spent 30 days in isolation at a san francisco home after testing positive with monkeypox, painful sores and lesions all over

chan school of public health. she says the public health workers in this country are unsung heroes.e public really doesn't value public health enough because they take it for granted? >> yes. when public health works, nothing bad happens. so you don't notice that that child that had a spill on the bicycle got up and is just fine because they're wearing a helmet. >> reporter: public health workers have a lot on their plate, including eliminating disease, cutting down on workplace injuries, ensuring clean water and better sanitation, reducing injuries from fires and car crashes, and keeping our food safe to eat. >> here i'm checking to make sure he's not stacking dishes f you stack dishes on top of each other, it builds bacteria. we don't want that. >> reporter: tre williams is a health inspector in oklahoma city. this is the kind of stuff that the general public has no idea about, right? they're not seeing this. >> right, right, absolutely. >> these pastries here and below we keep for two days. the cakes we keep for three. the cookies we keep for a week. >> reporter: the u.s. public

what is your message to americans who feel frustrated with how the public health apparatus or public health system has responded to the pandemic? dr. walensky: this has been challenging times. there is no question about it. i work in different roles for the first year of the pandemic. i was running a clinical position at the hospital level at the very beginning when we had our first cases in boston at the patient bedside. it has been challenging for the entire 2.5 years. when i came to the administration, i said we would be making decisions based on science. that remains true. what we should articulate is that that science moves and changes and sometimes we have to make decisions in the absence of all of that data and what we would like to have. people want to understand the decision. and to populations is to deliver the best information that i have at the time and sometimes that has changed. i will tell you since the beginning since that first case that we had in early march of 2020 in boston, we have a wuhan variant, we have had delta, and we have had or or five different omicron va

rob nesbitt was part of the teleconference with the state's public health officer. he joins us live with the details up. catherine, california is getting far less vaccines that didn't ask for from the feds around 72,000 doses at the local level. >> that means long lines at vaccine clinics will continue to wrap around the block. vaccine supply seems to be the biggest concern with monkeypox at the local federal and state level. >> california department of public health director doctor tomas aragon says he has sent a letter to the cdc, communicate with them with a lot of clarity that we need. we need more doses. the state's public health officer says the current outbreak of monkeypox is being monitored and evaluated to decide of a state of emergency is necessary. 24 hours after mayor london breed declared a local public health emergency in san francisco, outbreaks of the virus have happened before. and doctor aragon shed some light on how a central african strain and west african strain are impacting the current outbreak from it. you know my perspective, the virus has

we are department of public health not department of personal health. personal choice leaves me and everyone vulnerable. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments i'm alissa, i find the health commission's we fuse am to mandate indoor mask mandate a wrong and confusing decision. 2 reasons can in to mind. one, you don't track data showing sf p.s. positive rates are 15 rates and rising. and you don't read newspapers. or 2, you are under enormous pressures to recommend but not reinstate masking. i think you track data and read newspapers. would be a health commissioner's duty to follow scientific news. and for pressure against reinstating the mandate it would seem as public health commissioners you are sworn to advocate for public health. your own website states the mission of the san francisco department of public health is to protect and promote the health of all of san francisco. the mission of the mayor's office and that of the board of supervisors is more generalized. and not specifically focused on protecting the health of the people. please do

public health and throughout our systems of care. we continue is important to have geographic diverse idso there are multiple places people can get the vaccine to have the vaccine across all of our health systems. offer drop in options that are better for you some and ensure we have appointment options. we are working on establishing venue base and pop up events like you referenced supervisor mandelman, that was successful. and role time accurate messaging to the community when special where vaccines are available. second low t is critical we distribute the vaccines we are allocated quickly. speed is urgent you noted and to build immunity as rapidly as possible and to demonstrate to the state and the cdc, we have the infrastructure in place to get the vaccines out to our community and to illustrate the deep demands we have here in san francisco and the need. we are also prioritizing health equity by partnering with community based organizations doing out reach to those impacted by monkeypox virus and may not necessary low have access

sparse. >> and urgent action by our federal public health institutions. absence.wing over a rise in monkeypox cases but not enough vaccine. thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10. i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. san francisco alone reports 60 monkeypox cases. that's more than half of the state's total tonight. the san francisco aids foundation and the city's department of public health. >> hosted a virtual town hall to educate the community about monkeypox kron four's 10 per second has the story. >> minute window address not pox between what were our pride events? i mean, i think street festival season here in san francisco and that is closing growing. concerns about monkeypox is circulating throughout san francisco. >> prompted a virtual town hall meeting tuesday as the virus is predominantly being reported amongst and bisexual men. san francisco aids foundation says there once again disappointed by the response from the federal government is in that. this is the response that we've seen after a two-year public health crisis that shut down

lab, but we all know public health labs. they're not what we call high throughput laboratories the platforms that they made the tests for were in general platforms. that could do a handful or less than a hundred tests a day. we were going to need millions of tests a day so we had to bring on board our commercial laboratories until nancy messi'' a made that comment the end of february. i i don't know. i haven't saw our audience knows senior official at cdc. yes, so in nancy said she was worried but that was the end of february. i was worried in six weeks earlier so i don't i wasn't here i didn't watch it play out. i i try not. i don't know what data they had or didn't have. i just know when i arrived on the second of march. we were incredibly incredibly flat-footed as a country. yeah, and you know a lot of your book particularly in the you know first, you know third to half was was about the us response. so just i wanted to dig in here a little bit debbie the the you talk about missteps and bright spots and and i thought we w

and tonight, the biden administration is considering whether to declare a public health emergency. president also considering whether to name a white house czar to coordinate a response to the disease. last week the world health organization declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency. an update on bay area monkeypox cases now which >> are being reported in all 9 bay area counties. san francisco county reported 7 new cases bringing the total. >> to 222 alameda county has 50 cases. santa clara. 39, there are 3 in contra costa county. san mateo county is 8 sonoma county, 7 solano county and marion county. each have 2 cases. there's one in napa county with san francisco having one of the highest case loads of monkeypox in the whole country. senator scott wiener is calling on both the city and the state to issue a state of emergency kron four's rob nesbitt. talk to the senator today about how that might improve things like testing and vaccine supply. and rob joins us live in the newsroom. rob, san francisco and los angeles go back and forth with having the highest n

the world health organization declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. the world health organization activating the highest alert in hopes of preventing another pandemic. in the bay, we explain what it means for us. >> reporter: this believes monkeypox is a threat to go ball health. the last time it was sounded was in 2020 because of covid. two months later it was declared a pandemic. day after damon can i position counts are rising locally and globally prompting the world health organization to sound the alarm and declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. >> more than 70 countries with monkeypox in places where they don't normally have monkeypox. >> reporter: 16,000 cases are reported worldwide. in san francisco, cases doubled in the last week reaching 197 probable and confirmed infections. >> san francisco compared to other cities are increasing at a rapid pace. that means we should have more vaccines to deal with the fact that we are impacted disproportionately. >> reporter: five people were hospitalized in the city. a do

. >> that this is a public health crisis. and desperate need of vaccines. >> tonight at 9 san francisco mayor london breed tonight declaring a local public health emergency for monkeypox as cases continue to increase in vaccine. supply remains limited. good evening, everybody. thanks for being here tonight on kron. 4 news at 9, i'm grant lotus and on the is the declaration which goes into effect. >> on monday was welcomed by advocates who have grown increasingly frustrated by the federal government's response. chris taylor second joins us now live in the studio with more on this. taylor. we're seeing it daily. the numbers continue to climb in the san francisco health department. they reported an additional 20 cases today bringing the total case count to 281 mayor breed was joined with other local and state leaders. in today's announcement, all hoping that this emergency health declaration will help san francisco get more vaccines. >> san francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city

san francisco has declared a public health emergency to combat rising cases of monkeypox .public health officials say it's necessary so that they can mobilize additional resources and also accelerate funding to stop the spread of the virus. ktvu s lamonica peters reports. we want to make it known that san francisco has one of the highest case rates already. of monkeypox of any other major city in the country. francisco mayor london breed says declaring a public health emergency makes it legally possible to speed up the response time and get more resources from state and federal governments. we are at a very scary place. and we don't want to be ignored by the federal government in our need so many leaders of the lgbt community have also weeks ago. asked for additional help and support and assistance. and this was july 20th. and now here we are. july 28. we're double that number at 281 cases. public health officials say they've already received 12,000 vaccine doses for monkey pox, but they need 70,000 doses, even though no one has died of monkeypox in san francisco, it is cau

public health officials are saying, this is not a massive public health concern but it is something toep in the back of your mind. we have 250 confirmed cases in california right now so compared to covid-19, it is much less but it is spreading among men who have sex with other men. focusing on those communities and trying to make sure that they are getting the access to vaccines and the public health response that they need. what has been interesting is i have been talking with a few men that got monkeypox and they are under quarantine and trying to deal with symptoms or if you have recovered. their main concern is, it is really hard to get a vaccine, no matter where you are. the government has admitted that they are struggling to get the vaccines and so they are not trickling down to the states and counties that give them out. and these e mostly communities that are historically disenfranchised that are affected. >> what's a snapshot of what you have been seeing kevin? >> there are about 80 cases in san francisco and the bay. there are treatments for this, if you can get it. we had re

increase in the amount of $95,863 from the california department of public health for a total amount of $978,948 for participation in a program, entitled “sexually transmitted disease program management and collaboration,” for the period of july 1, 2019, through june 30, 2024. members the public joining remotely and wish to comment, please call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting id of 24927999124. then press pound twice. once connected, press star three to enter the speaker line. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand and when the system indicates you have been unmuted, that's your queue to begin your comments. madam chair. >> we have suzanne from dhp to present on this item. >> good afternoon, chair ronen, vice-chair safai, supervisor mar, very glad to be here with you this afternoon. speaking about this request for supplemental funding to a grant from the california department of public health to dph to implement core sexually transmitted prevention funding and it was a focus on prevention of congenital syphilis which is a rare but severe and sometimes fatal infect

i agree that this financing is critical and to public health and to spend to geo bonds and in addition to creative financing and there is public sources that will make this project happen and of course with all the resources and the title and land and clean and titled. i just wanted to add that it will take many public sources to make this project happen and it's extraordinary hard to leverage with this financing and this kind of project. i just wanted to enhance some of the funding strategy. thank you. >> thank you, natalie. >> mark, go ahead? >> i would like to say it's a very important piece of our work. >> thank you, mark. the motion has been made and seconded. shondra, do you have any comments or questions? >> no. the motion is before the board. do we have any public comment? >> no one is signed up. >> we have a motion and second. >> >> roll call, please. >> >>clerk: [roll call] >> there are 4 ayes. >> thank you, the ayes have it. thank you very much for this, and it's a third project going forward and hope to get the funding. thank you natalie for joining us today. >> thank you f

he doesn't understand why it's taking so long for public health emergencies to be declared. we dragged our feet for that. >> initial 60 day is where it really would have been if we had. >> got on the ball and had more of a response early so that we wouldn't be in the position that we are now pacheco symptoms less and after he was prescribed the drug t parks, which is now administered more than 30 facilities and providers across the state were lever. teen on a lot of the infrastructure that we built around covid turn bility to 2 case investigation, contact racine, the vaccine registry. the california department of public health has expanded testing to process more than 1000 tests. a week had to wait 8 days for his test results dealing with the physical and mental scars of monkeypox. just psychologically, it's a unfortunate at have to grapple with that. just fear and doubt for so long. doctor aragon says that so far 11 people have had to be hospitalized. monkeypox in california. >> but the visits lasted around 2 days or less. and no deaths have been reported. reporting in the

this comes as public. healthicials say 2 highly contagious omicron subvariants are causing a spike in cases all across the u.s.. cdc says the ba 4 and ba 5 subvariants are responsible for more than half of the new cases around the country and with the uptick in covid cases hospitalizations. they're also on the rise. federal health officials are talking about expanding the second booster shot to those under the age of 50. our kron four's dan kerman has more. >> that threat to you is now. >> during a white house briefing on covid-19, the government's top infectious disease expert doctor anthony fauci said with the highly transmissible ba 5 variant now surging americans must take steps to protect themselves. if you are not. >> vaccinated to the fullest, namely you have not gotten your boosters according to what the recommendation on that. you're putting yourself at an increased risk that you could mitigate against by getting vaccinated. currently only those 50 and older are eligible for the 4th jab. >> but during th

public health does not do politics. we need to be looking at red counties right now and say what is the problem. i'll tell you the problem i was out there there was no healthcare. don't p tell them to go to the primary care physician. there is no primary care physician they are getting the eyecare from walmart, they are getting the healthcare from emergency three hours away address with the access and barriers are in reality get out there and see what they are we should be using data in real-time no one should be dying of covid. let's all agree to that. we take every death and figure out why i happen and fix it. don't publish a study four months later. fix it in real time and make the data transparent and available to every american so they are empowered with the ability to make the decisions dig decrease the risk and the risk of vulnerable family members. i saw this in decades, it p is possible anyone can learn this information you don't have to be a phd and md. it is our job to make it understandable. it is not our jo

in new york health leaders declared monkey pox and imminent threat to public health. the declaration from the state's health commissioner means that county health departments will be able to get more easily reimbursed from state and federal funds when they are dealing with monkeypox outbreaks. jose mayor sam liccardo has tested positive for covid for the second time in just months. the mayor in a tweet says his symptoms are minor with intermittent grumpiness. liccardo went on to say my apologies to anyone. i might have exposed the virus to in recent hours or days, please test and follow cdc guidelines and quote accardo had covid back in may. starting today, face masks on bart are required. once again. bart reinstated its mask mandate, but we had a camera at the lafayette station this morning in our photographer says he didn't see any clear signs instructing writers. that they immediately brought back that mask mandate. the previous mask requirement was put into place in april and expired last week. i think it's probably a pretty good idea. be honest with you. because t

that were proven public health measures. decrease this particular disease. it's going to come back now. the latest state health data says california has a 15% covid test positivity rate, and health experts think that number may actually be much higher because of the amount of people who were taking tests at home. but don't report the test results. concerns about another surge of the coronavirus has prompted the bart board to reinstate its mask mandate taking effect immediately. starting this morning, ktvu elissa harrington explains the rules and how commuters responded last night. as the bart board voted. bart riders don't forget that mask face coverings are once again required to ride bart. the board voted to reinstate it mask mandate in response to the covid 19 pandemic. vice president lee yes. president saltzman. yes thank you. motion carries, effective immediately. face masks are now required on all platforms and trains. i don't think what we're doing is radical. it's in line with what our writers want. bart board president rebecca saltzman voted in favor

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also with rising monkeypox cases in san francisco, public health officials are spreading awareness andaccines in the lgbtq community. our media partners from the san francisco standard will be here with the very latest. san francisco has a new district attorney or will as of tomorrow following voters' recall of jason putin. it was up to them to make an interim appointment, and this afternoon she did. tonight phil m. joins us, brooke is the name, who is to? >> she's a former prosecutor at the district attorney's office, a homicide prosecutor from san francisco. and she rose through the ranks and had a falling out with just about do know about a question whether or not to accept an insanity plea in a murder conviction that she had one in court -- won in court as part of the verdict. she left the office as well as other prosecutors and wound up becoming the spokesperson actually for the republicans -- against voting. she faces reelection in november. there are a lot of pieces at play here. >> what is the message the mayor is sending with this pick, picking someone who worked on his recall