After months of little attention, concern is rising again about a possible spread of mpox across the U.S. A cluster of 24 new mpox cases was confirmed in the Chicago area in the last month. Two other cases are listed as “probable.” Many of the cases developed in men who already had been vaccinated against it. “We don’t know why people in this cluster of cases have gotten mpox after vaccination,” the Centers for Disease Control website admits. It could be that the two-dose vaccine wears off over time. Or the patients’ immunity somehow may have decreased. “The threat of mpox is not over,” Illino…

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