Sexual Health Clinic

News and Updates

• Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), Updates, and Links
  May 23, 2023
  

  We believe and the science shows that one of the best ways to protect yourself against mpox is through vaccination. Mpox Vaccination is a 2-dose series with the second dose administered 28 days after the first dose. If you have received two doses of the mpox vaccine, you do not need to be vaccinated now. If, however, you have received one dose of the mpox vaccine, we recommend that you come in for your second dose.  If you have not been vaccinated at all against mpox, we strongly recommend that you consider being vaccinated. People who live and/or work in Massachusetts who meet one or more of the following descriptions are eligible to receive the mpox vaccine:

  • Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, transgender, gender non-conforming, or nonbinary people who:
  • Have had a diagnosis of or have sought testing for one or more sexually transmitted diseases (i.e., chancroid, chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) in the past year
  • Are living with HIV infection
  • Are on or are eligible to be on HIV PrEP
  • Have recently had more than one sex partner
  • People who :
  • Have had sex at a private or commercial sex venue (e.g. sex party. bathhouse)
  • Have had sex in association with a large public event (e.g. rave, circuit party) in a geographic area where mpox transmission is occurring
  • Sexual partners of people with the above risks
  • People who anticipate experiencing the above risks

  The MGH Sexual Health Clinic is vaccinating patients against mpox. To make an appointment for the vaccine, please call us at 617-726-2748.

  Please check out the following resources which provide great information about mpox, prevention, care and treatment
  - Mpox: FAQs for Patients | Mass General Brigham
  - Mpox vaccination | Mass.gov.
  - From the Center for Disease Control:  5 Things Sexually Active People Need to Know About mpox - YouTube
  -The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently changed the preferred name of monkeypox to mpox. You may read about this change here: WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
• Please read this recent article in the MGH Hotline about our mpox vaccination efforts.
• Important Information
  For information about the meningococcal outbreak in Florida among men who have sex with men (MSM), please see this message from the Center for Disease Control (CDC): Meningococcal Disease in Florida, 2022 | CDC.