Warning of uptick in mpox cases, at-risk people advised to get vaccine – WKRC TV Cincinnati

Warning of uptick in mpox cases, at-risk people advised to get vaccine

by LIZ BONIS, WKRC

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A warning from the Cincinnati Health Department as it sees cases climb of a potentially dangerous virus.

Just because we don't hear as much about it doesn't mean it's gone.

That's the message from public health specialists in the Tri-State who are reminding at-risk individuals to get the vaccine against monkeypox.

"It's called MPOX now, so it's not called monkeypox any longer. It's not spread by monkeys, so that's why they wanted to get away from that name and call it mpox," epidemiologist Kimberly Wright from the Cincinnati Health Department reminded people.

Wright says the CDC says it's a sexually transmitted virus and her team is putting out an alert to let people know the mpox vaccine can help stop its spread.

"There has been an uptick since last fall, we've only had three confirmed cases in people in Cincinnati, but the state did notify us that there's an uptick in our region."

You're at risk for this virus if you have been in close contact with someone with mpox.

Symptoms show up in one to four days usually and can include everything from fevers and headaches to a bad blister-like rash on the body, including on the genitals.

Getting the vaccine before symptoms show up can reduce the odds of the virus setting in.

"Primarily the spread have been with men having sex with men and then people who are immunocompromised with HIV for example are people ending up in the hospital."

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