Dallas County wants to vaccinate more people against monkeypox

What they're saying: County Judge Clay Jenkins estimates more than 50,000 people in Dallas currently qualify for the vaccination.

• "You want to kill that outbreak by vaccinating people in the greatest zone of harm before it jumps to another population source," he said during a state of the county address Tuesday.

The big picture: North Texas has the most monkeypox cases in Texas, most of which have been reported in Dallas County.

• The Biden administration has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

Details: The county also offers the vaccine to anyone who has had skin-to-skin contact with someone who tested positive for monkeypox, cisgender or transgender men and transgender women who have had skin-to-skin contact at large parties in the past two weeks.

• Full vaccination details can be found here.