CDC Issues HAN Update Stressing Vaccination For US Travelers Going To Nations With Clade I Mpox Outbreaks

MedPage Today (9/23) reports the CDC “issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) update on Monday, emphasizing vaccination and patient education for U.S. travelers visiting countries with clade I mpox outbreaks, particularly for people at risk for acquiring mpox from sexual exposure.” MedPage Today also says, “The update is in response to the latest outbreak of the clade I mpox virus in Central and Eastern Africa.” At this time, nations with current “human-to-human mpox transmission include Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.”