New York governor Kathy Hochul announced late Friday that monkeypox is now a state disaster emergency as her administration struggles to disperse vaccines to contain the spread. The announcement comes as monkeypox cases rise in New York City, the current US epicenter of the outbreak, where case counts passed 1,400 on Friday. Hochul tweeted: 'I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confront the monkeypox ...