Florida Mengocl Outbreak: CDC Warns About Disease Spread Gay, Bi Men - Bloomberg

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• MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23
• OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD
• CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA
• CDC WARNS THAT GAY MEN ARE SPREADG DISEASE FLORIDA
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• CDC WARNS OF MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK FLORIDA PRIMARILY AFFECTG GAY, BI MEN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• FLORIDA MENGOCL OUTBREAK GAY, BISEXUAL MEN RAIS CDC ALARM
• CDC WARNS OF ‘HISTORIC’ MENGOCL OUTBREAK AMONG GAY MEN FLORIDA

MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23

Outbreak primarily affectg gay, bisexual men. Includ the s is a large, ongog outbreak, primarily among gay and bisexual men. Feral and state health officials are vtigatg an outbreak of mengocl disease Florida primarily fectg men who intify as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh of Tuday, at least 24 s have been nfirmed and seven people have died, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and outbreak is so severe that the feral health agency is llg "one of worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U.

OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD

Although the disease has been primarily intified the gay and bisexual muny, there is currently no evince that is a sexually transmted fectn. Certa people are at higher risk for beg fected, cludg those who live crowd plac or have HIV, but is not a so-lled "gay disease, " Ch-Hong said. "In fact, more people who are not gay get mengocl fectn.

CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA

"Ch-Hong said the risk to the public is low bee mengocl outbreaks tend to be regnal and typilly do not spread om state to he urged people to follow the CDC's advice, which is that anyone who intifi as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh men gets a mengocl vacce if they live Florida or plan on travelg to Florida. José Romero, director of the CDC's Natnal Center for Immunizatn and Rpiratory Diseas, said a ntued, "Bee of the outbreak Florida, and the number of Pri events beg held across the state g weeks, 's important that gay and bisexual men who live Florida get vaccated, and those travelg to Florida talk to their healthre provir about gettg a MenACWY vacce.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Preventn and Florida Department of Health are vtigatg “one of the worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U.

The CDC says the outbreak is “primarily among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh HIV.

CDC WARNS THAT GAY MEN ARE SPREADG DISEASE FLORIDA

CDC is remendg that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men get the mengocl vacce if they live Florida, or talk to their health re provir if they are travelg to the state. “Bee of the outbreak Florida, and the number of Pri events beg held across the state g weeks, ’s important that gay and bisexual men who live Florida get vaccated, and those travelg to Florida talk to their healthre provir about gettg a MenACWY vacce.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

The threat to the general US populatn is low, the CDC says, but there are notably high numbers of monkeypox s among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men. They are enuragg high-risk groups — cludg gay and bisexual men, people wh HIV and llege stunts — to get vaccated agast the often severe and sometim adly outbreak advisory om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn says Florida has a “large, ongog outbreak of mengocl disease, ” primarily among gay, bisexual, and men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh recent months, there have also been s reported among llege stunts, cludg an April 1 announcement that Florida’s health partment was vtigatg three nfirmed s Tallahassee among people ag 18 to 22. A new outbreak of mengocl disease has h the state of Florida, and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) said that homosexuals and bisexuals are largely rponsible for .

Acrdg to the CDC, there are two primary forms of mengocl fectns that typilly spread, the first beg mengis, which is an fectn of the lg of the bra and spal other is a bloodstream fectn, and the CDC is spreadg fear about how both n be adly an effort to persua more people, and particularly “gay” and “bi” men, to rollg up their sleev for yet another Big Pharma shot.

Health officials are warng Florida rints about a "large" outbreak of a potentially fatal bacterial illns known as mengocl disease that's primarily affectg gay and bisexual far this year, there have been 21 nfirmed s of mengocl disease as of Monday, acrdg to Florida Department of Health data. 10, Angel Tim via Getty Imag, FILEThe CDC recently issued an alert on the outbreak, urgg gay and bisexual men and men who have sex wh men who live Florida or who plan to travel to the state to get vaccated agast the disease.

CDC WARNS OF MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK FLORIDA PRIMARILY AFFECTG GAY, BI MEN

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

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FLORIDA MENGOCL OUTBREAK GAY, BISEXUAL MEN RAIS CDC ALARM

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

CDC WARNS OF ‘HISTORIC’ MENGOCL OUTBREAK AMONG GAY MEN FLORIDA

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) issued a health warng about an outbreak of mengocl disease Florida, which the agency said is maly affectg gay and bisexual men, cludg those livg wh HIV.

The CDC urged gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men to get the MenACWY vacce if they live Florida. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.