{"id":11029,"date":"2022-09-30T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?post_type=lsvr_notice&#038;p=7433"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:51:45","slug":"monkeypox-vaccine-update-expanded-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/monkeypox-vaccine-update-expanded-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility<\/h1>\n<table class=\"x_module\" role=\"module\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-type=\"text\" data-muid=\"778d6c99-623d-477e-ab46-79e8b0ec8cf7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td role=\"module-content\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"\" height=\"100%\">\n<div>\n<div>Monkeypox vaccine eligibility requirements have recently been updated. The following people are eligible to be vaccinated against monkeypox in Philadelphia:<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, and other men who have sex with men, transgender, or non-binary persons<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong>IF<\/strong>\u00a0they meet ONE of the following criteria:<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Have had multiple or anonymous sex partners in the last 14 days<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Have had any newly diagnosed STI in the past 12 months, including gonorrhea, chlamydia, early syphilis, or HIV<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Have recently attended or plan to attend any venue where anonymous sex or sex with multiple partners will occur (e.g. saunas, bathhouses, sex clubs, sex parties)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Have met recent partners or plan to meet new partners through social media platforms (such as Grindr, Tinder or Scruff), or at clubs, raves, sex parties, saunas \u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Additionally, the following people are eligible:<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Sex partners (of any sex or gender) of people who meet the above criteria<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022 Sex workers (of any sex or gender)<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Anyone with known close contact (skin-to-skin) with someone with monkeypox in the past 14 days<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"x_module\" role=\"module\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-type=\"text\" data-muid=\"3c6301d2-f990-4588-b6a7-230c5b8a3ca1\" data-mc-module-version=\"2019-10-22\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td role=\"module-content\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"\" height=\"100%\">\n<div>\n<div>Thank you for keeping Philadelphia safe and healthy! If you have any questions about these updates, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:vaccines@phila.gov?subject=&amp;body=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\">vaccines@phila.gov<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility Monkeypox vaccine eligibility requirements have recently been updated. The following people are eligible to be vaccinated against monkeypox in Philadelphia:\u2022 Gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, and other men who have sex with men, transgender, or non-binary persons IF\u00a0they meet ONE of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mpox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility - Philadelphia Immunization Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/monkeypox-vaccine-update-expanded-eligibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility - Philadelphia Immunization Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monkeypox Vaccine Update: Expanded Eligibility Monkeypox vaccine eligibility requirements have recently been updated. 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