WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wake County Public Health (WCPH) announced three new confirmed cases of mpox within the last six weeks.
Mpox is a virus in the smallpox family.
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WCPH is now encouraging those at risk for the virus to get vaccinated.
They are now accepting walk-ins and appointments for the mpox vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control voted to recommend routine mpox vaccines to prevent high-risk infections last October.
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More than 31,000 Americans were diagnosed with mpox in the 2022-2023 outbreak, including 55 who died, according to CDC data.
Back in 2022, the World Health Organization renamed monkeypox as 'mpox,' citing stigma and discrimination concerns.