Washington Times · Aug 14, 2022
DC makes more residents eligible for monkeypox vaccines
Vials of empty monkeypox vaccines sit at a table at Seattle Central College in Seattle, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP) more >The District is allowing more people to be vaccinated against monkeypox.
As of Saturday, the D.C. Department of Health said that any resident who has had multiple sex partners in the past two weeks, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, can now receive the shot. Non-residents who either work or attend college in the District are also eligible to receive the vaccine.
Originally, the monkeypox vaccine was only available to the highest risk groups — men who have sex with men, including transgender men and transgender women.