Monkeypox may be on its way out in Nashville, mirroring the national trend. The latest weekly report from the Metro Public Health Department has no new cases — a first since the outbreak began locally.
Nashville expands eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine with smaller dosing
Infectious disease experts recommend that gay and bi men, and other high-risk groups get the monkeypox vaccine. But the general population can avoid the vaccine for now because of how the virus is spread.
Understanding monkeypox in Middle Tennessee
It feels like just as we’ve started to get a grip on COVID-19, a new highly-contagious disease has emerged: monkeypox.
How Middle Tennessee colleges should be preparing for potential monkeypox outbreaks
Though monkeypox is rare and not as contagious as the coronavirus, there’s still opportunities for it to spread on a college campus through sharing a dorm room, hookups and even contact sports.
Tennessee is switching to ‘intradermal’ dosing to stretch monkeypox vaccine
Tennessee is switching to smaller doses of the monkeypox vaccine and injecting them between layers of skin. The method has been recommended by federal health officials, but it’s not a simple jab and requires some training.
Nashville monkeypox cases jump by 11, but health officials are encouraged by relatively slow spread
Nashville health officials are reporting 11 new cases of monkeypox in the last week, which is the largest weekly increase so far. However, they say they’re pleased at the relatively slow spread with a total of 28 cases to date.
Nashville expands who can get a monkeypox vaccine
The Metro Public Health Department is now allowing people to get the monkeypox vaccine if they believe they’ve been exposed to someone with a confirmed case.
More than 2,000 monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Tennessee. Now what?
Access to the monkeypox vaccine remains limited in Tennessee, despite more than 2,000 doses being delivered to the state.
Nashville health officials limit monkeypox vaccine to close contacts, for now
Nashville’s public health department is currently limiting monkeypox vaccine to those who are close contacts of the few confirmed cases.
Nashville-based Aegis lab tapped to help U.S. ramp up its monkeypox testing
A Nashville-based lab company is working with the U.S. government to increase monkeypox testing capacity, and the lab is relying on some of the same equipment it acquired to expand the country’s capacity for COVID testing.
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