What Our Community Needs to Know About Mpox

Accurate information about mpox (formerly called monkeypox) can help keep our community informed and healthy.

Visit the sections below to learn more about mpox and vaccines, and use the tool at the bottom of this page to locate a vaccine site near you.

Information about mpox

Learn about mpox and how to protect you and your community:

• Mpox Information | U.S. Center for Disease Control
• Mpox Q&A | World Health Organization
• Mpox Information | Fenway Health
• What Gay and Bisexual Men Need to Know about Monkeypox | Gay Sexuality & Social Policy Institute (GSSPI) at UCLA
• Six Ways We Can Have Safer Sex in the Time of Monkeypox | RESPND-MI (PDF version available from GSSPI)
• HHS Response to the Mpox Outbreak | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• MPXresponse.org | RESPND-MI
• Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Mpox | U.S. Center for Disease Control (PDF version available)

Information about the mpox vaccine

Information about the JYNNEOS vaccine and where to get it:

• Connecticut
• Maine
• Massachusetts
  • City of Boston: Monkeypox Fact Sheet
  • City of Boston: Monkeypox Vaccine Information
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Rhode Island
• Mpox Vaccine Information |  U.S. Center for Disease Control
• Mpox National Vaccine Strategy | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Mpox Vaccine Finder: Information on Availability, Eligibility, and Access | GoodRx
• Monkeypox Vaccination Access Project | Grant Roth, MPH
• Mpox Vaccines are Free. Do you need one? (PDF) |  U.S. Center for Disease Control
• Twitter thread with tips for securing Monkeypox vaccination appointments (July 6, 2022)

Thanks to our friends at Fenway Health for putting together this informative resource. Please click through for the full Twitter thread with information and infographics.

To ensure that our community has accurate information about monkeypox – its symptoms, how it’s spread, & when to seek medical care – Fenway Health has created these infographics. Please view and share with your networks. Together, we can keep our community healthy and informed! pic.twitter.com/Z27YkS1YJ1

— Fenway Health (@FenwayHealth) June 10, 2022

Find an mpox vaccination site near you

Last updated August 2023