Overview

• Since June, the city has logged 83 mpox cases, including 24 in the past two weeks, with one hospitalization and all but one case in men.
• The health department is centering the two-dose JYNNEOS vaccine in fall clinics where flu and COVID shots are also available.
• Officials are urging those who received only one dose to complete the series for stronger protection.
• Howard Brown Health offers vaccination by appointment or walk-in, and the city provides a clinic map to help residents find shots.
• Doctors advise testing and isolation if symptoms develop, noting vaccination can lessen severity; the CDC says mpox spreads through direct contact, intimate respiratory exposure, and contaminated items.