Here's where to obtain a monkeypox vaccine: Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. Lakeview STI Specialty Clinic, 2849 N. Clark St. Austin STI Specialty Clinic, 4909 W. Division St. Roseland STI Specialty Clinic, 200 E. 115th St.
This electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, from a human skin sample associated with a 2003 prairie dog outbreak.
More monkeypox vaccine is headed to Chicago from the federal stockpile, and eligibility for who can obtain a shot is being expanded, city health officials announced Thursday.According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, the city will receive up to 20,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine from the Strategic National Stockpile. Distribution to clinics should take place next week.
Eligibility now includes anyone in Chicago or Illinois who meets the criteria of: sexually active gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men, as well as anyone who has had close physical contact with someone diagnosed with monkeypox — regardless of sex, gender or sexual orientation. Students enrolled at Chicago colleges and universities are included among the eligible.The U.S.
The health department is encouraging people who have received their first of the two-dose regimen to schedule an appointment for a second dose at least 28 days after the original shot. “We are pleased to be opening up larger clinics to serve even more Chicagoans, while still working to vaccinate those at highest risk to help stop the spread,” said CDPH Medical Director Janna Kerins.— Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St.; offering 500 appointments Aug. 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CDPH MPV Vaccination Clinic. Registration is required (
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