Less Than 1% Of US Mpox Cases In Past Two Years Occurred In Fully Vaccinated Individuals, CDC Says

MedPage Today (5/23, Kahn) reports, “Over the last 2 years, most new cases of mpox in the U.S. occurred in unvaccinated people, and less than 1% occurred in people who were fully vaccinated against the disease, according to CDC data.” Out of “32,819 U.S. mpox cases reported to the CDC from May 2022 to May 2024, only 0.8% occurred among people who had received two doses of the mpox vaccine Jynneos, while 75% of cases occurred among unvaccinated people, reported” researchers “in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.”