Colorado School of Public Health

US Initiates Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout: What to Know About the Disease and its Symptoms

Written by CNET | February 15, 2023

Cases of monkeypox are growing in the US. Daniel Pastula, associate professor of epidemiology, said the vaccine is used in people who've been exposed but aren't yet showing symptoms of monkeypox, because the incubation period for the disease is so long.