CDC Warns of Mpox’s ‘Ongoing Community Transmission’ Risk This Summer
More than 30,000 people in the U.S. have gotten the virus since the outbreak began last summer.Last summer, people watched closely as cases of jumped across the country. But public health officials acted quickly, encouraging high-risk people to get vaccinated against the disease, and cases of mpox started falling in August 2022. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a warning: Mpox could come back again this summer.issued Monday.
There was low-level panic surrounding the mpox outbreak the last time around, and it’s understandable to have questions after hearing this warning. Here’s what you need to know about mpox, plus what we’ve learned since last summer.that recently happened in and around Chicago. The CDC notes that the agency is investigating a cluster of 13 mpox cases in the Chicago area, pointing out that nine of the 13 cases were in men who had received two doses of the Jynneos mpox vaccine.
“The CDC continues to receive reports of cases that reflect ongoing community transmission in the United States and internationally,” the alert says. “The warning is prudent given the cluster of cases that has been discovered in Chicago,” says infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “Only 25% or so of the at-risk population has been fully vaccinated against mpox, so there are still susceptible people that can be infected.” The vaccine, he points out, is also not 100% effective at preventing infections.
“The concern is reasonable,” says Thomas Russo, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the University of Buffalo in New York. “People need to be cognizant that mpox is still circulating at low levels.”It’s been a minute since mpox was in the news and it’s understandable to need a refresher. Mpox is a rare disease caused by infection with the mpox virus, the
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