CDC- MPOX 

THE CDC IS WARNING AMERICANS ABOUT A POSSIBLE RESURGENCE OF M-POX, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MONKEYPOX, THIS SUMMER. 
IT COMES AS A CLUSTER OF NEW CASES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, EVEN AMONG VACCINATED PEOPLE. MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE IN THE US HAVE CONTRACTED THE DISEASE SINCE LAST SUMMER'S OUTBREAK. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN. MPOX IS SPREAD PRIMARILY THROUGH SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT. COMMON SYMPTOMS ARE RASHES, SCABS, AND FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. 3 STUDIES RELEASED LAST WEEK FOUND THE 2-DOSE VACCINE IS 66 TO 88 PERCENT EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING AN MPOX INFECTION.