Overview

• Chicago’s health department reports 83 cases since June, including 24 in the past two weeks, a persistent increase far below 2022 levels.
• Nearly all recent cases are in men, with officials noting disproportionate impact on sexually active gay, bisexual and same-gender-loving men.
• One person has been hospitalized as clinicians urge eligible residents to complete the two-dose vaccine, which reduces severity even with breakthrough infections.
• Mpox vaccination is available at fall community clinics and at the city’s Sexual Health Clinics in Lakeview, Austin and Roseland.
• People with symptoms are advised to get tested and isolate, as the virus spreads through close intimate contact and contact with infectious rashes or contaminated items, according to the CDC.