LOS ANGELES — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Los Angeles Department of Public Health have confirmed the first death due to monkeypox in a Los Angeles County resident.
The resident was"severely immunocompromised" and had been hospitalized, officials said in a statement.
No additional information will be made public for privacy and confidentiality reasons, officials added. In Texas, a Harris County resident who had been diagnosed with monkeypox died last month, state health officials said. Health officials have insisted the immunocompromised get vaccinated since they are at an elevated risk of severe disease.
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