Sunday was the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco but monkeypox was also on the minds of many of the estimated 1,500 who marched in Golden Gate Park.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The return of the AIDS Walk San Francisco on Sunday for the first time since the pandemic continued a 36-year tradition as advocates for HIV/AIDS research celebrated the progress made while acknowledging the work remaining to find a cure.
Barb Howard has volunteered 34 years in a row. Not only does she work the event but she fund-raises every summer. The turnout has grown since she joined the cause in 1989. HIV/AIDS researchers helped respond to COVID-19 during the pandemic and now public health leaders are reacting to a new challenge: the monkeypox virus. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation hosted a clinic on Sunday in the Castro District.
The 500 doses given out at the clinic were issued by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. All of those shots were given to people on a waitlist. The agency said last week it wanted 35,000 doses to contain the outbreak but said on Friday it had secured a little more than 4,100 doses.
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