CDC remends vacce for gay, bisexual men amid Florida mengis surge

Contents:

• LARGE MENGIS OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, CDC WARNS
• CDC REMENDS VACCE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL MEN AMID FLORIDA MENGIS SURGE
• 6 DEAD AMID MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AFFECTG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA: CDC
• MENGIS OUTBREAKS AMONG GAY MEN HAVE EXPERTS PUZZLED
• MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23
• CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• CDC URG MENGOCL VACCE FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER FLORIDA OUTBREAK
• MENGIS S RISG AMONG GAY MEN WH HIV
• CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA

LARGE MENGIS OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, CDC WARNS

A large outbreak of mengocl disease — a potentially adly fectn — has been reported among gay and bisexual men Florida, acrdg to health officials, who are urgg people the populatns to get vaccated agast the disease.

The outbreak is primarily affectg gay and bisexual men Florida, cludg people wh HIV, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC). — Health officials on Wednday remend that men Florida who have sex wh other men get a mengocl vacce followg one of the worst outbreaks among gay and bisexual men U. History of a bacteria that Centers for Disease Control and Preventn said a statement that there have been at least 24 s and seven aths among gay and bisexual men ed by the bacteria Florida recently.

The CDC also remend that gay and bisexual men travelg to Florida should ask their health re provir about gettg the vacce. “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, ” said José Romero, director of the Natnal Center for Immunizatn and Rpiratory Diseas. The CDC said Wednday that they are "remendg gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men get a mengocl vacce if they live Florida".

CDC REMENDS VACCE FOR GAY, BISEXUAL MEN AMID FLORIDA MENGIS SURGE

In a Wednday news release, the CDC said they are "remendg gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men get a mengocl vacce (MenACWY) if they live Florida, or talk wh their healthre provir about gettg vaccated if they are travelg to Florida. As s of mengis, a rare and potentially fatal disease, popped up ci natnwi over the past several years, public health officials noticed a trend: many of those fected were gay men.

6 DEAD AMID MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AFFECTG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA: CDC

There’s no known medil reason why mengis, which is transmted through saliva, would spread more among gay and bisexual men. County — excludg Long Beach, which has s own health partment — seven were gay men.

There were only 12 mengis s the unty all of 2015, one of which was a gay or bisexual Long Beach, there have been six mengis s this year, half of which were gay men. Last year there were no mengis s the cy, acrdg to cy, who has tracked the unty’s mengis s for a , said was “pretty strikg” that half or more of the s both jurisdictns were gay men. A man Orange County died after beg fected this year, alarmg many the regn’s gay muny.

Who mostly treats gay and bisexual men.

MENGIS OUTBREAKS AMONG GAY MEN HAVE EXPERTS PUZZLED

“It’s a particular sub-populatn of gay men, ” Gladste said. Centers for Disease Control and Preventn and the New York Cy Department of Public Health lnched a project to vtigate the nnectn between gay men and mengis.

Robert Bolan, the medil director at the Los Angel LGBT rearch may also nsir whether mengis n be transmted other ways, such as sexual rout that might be makg gay men more sceptible, Civen said.

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

The bacteria Neisseria mengidis that leads to mengis is known to lonize the throat and mouth, but rearchers will vtigate whether n also lonize other parts of the body, such as the genals or years ago, there was a siar crease mengis s among gay men L.

Only one of this year’s mengis patients was ’s part of the reason why health officials expand their vaccatn remendatns this week om gay men who are HIV-posive or engage high-risk behavrs, such as havg multiple sexual partners, to clu all gay men. County and Long Beach health partments are givg out ee vacc to all gay men.

Michael Weste, print of the AIDS Healthre Foundatn, said he don’t thk unty officials have done enough to warn gay men to protect themselv. Outbreak primarily affectg gay, bisexual men. Includ the s is a large, ongog outbreak, primarily among gay and bisexual men.

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

Centers for Disease Control and Preventn is urgg gay and bisexual men to get the mengocl vacce after an outbreak Florida has led to an crease s. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) is urgg gay and bisexual men who live Florida or plan to travel the state to get oculated agast mengocl disease rponse to an outbreak. “There is a large, ongog outbreak of mengocl disease Florida, primarily among gay, bisexual, and men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh HIV, ” the CDC said a statement.

To get a more precise picture, Rubis and her lleagu then exclud all s that had been part of one specific (and large) outbreak last year that occurred mostly wh gay men. Rubis said vaccatn agast mengocl disease has not been routely remend for gay and bisexual men unls an outbreak aris. "Sexually active gay men should absolutely get the vacce, if they haven't already, " he said.

CDC URG MENGOCL VACCE FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER FLORIDA OUTBREAK

Mengis s risg among gay men wh HIV (2023, June 29). 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.

MENGIS S RISG AMONG GAY MEN WH HIV

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.

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

“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 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.