The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory on Tuesday recommending that travelers to countries where a certain type of mpox is spreading should be fully vaccinated beforehand.
The clade I strain of mpox, also known as monkeypox, has led to outbreaks across eastern and central Africa in recent months, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the virus a public health emergency of international concern this summer.
The CDC said Monday in a health alert that U.S. travelers and namely those who “anticipate certain sexual exposures” in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as other central and eastern African countries should be vaccinated with the Jynneos smallpox vaccine….