Washington, D.C., has the highest rate of monkeypox cases in the nation, and cases are largely concentrated in the District’s gay male residents.
That metric was revealed by Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, the director of DC Health, during a Monday press conference where Mayor Muriel Bowser shared that D.C. has recorded 122 cases of the virus since May.
“We are specifically working with reaching out to members of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically gay and bisexual men, because those are the communities most affected by the virus at this moment,” Ms. Bowser said.
Men make up 96% of D.