Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell talks with Las Vegas Review-Journal about news that health district announces monkeypox vaccine appointments.  This can be important information for anyone that has been looking to get a monkeypox vaccine.  Check out the full article linked below for more information.

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While certain groups are at higher risk, anyone potentially can be infected with monkeypox. Although it’s rarely fatal, “it carries symptoms that can be quite debilitating,” said Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, urgent care medical director for Saint Mary’s and Carbon Health in Northern Nevada, and a member of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 medical advisory team.

The district urged people with unidentified rashes and lesions to contact their health care provider for an assessment and in the meantime to avoid sex or being intimate.

Monkeypox is spread through direct contact with an infectious rash, scabs or body fluids. It is also spread through respiratory secretions during prolonged face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling or sex.

It can spread through touching objects and fabrics, such as clothing or linens, that previously touched the rash or body fluids of someone with monkeypox.

Monkeypox can spread from the time symptoms start until the rash has fully healed and a fresh layer of skin has formed, which can take several weeks….

See what else Dr. Curry-Winchell has to share as she answers questions for The Las Vegas Review-Journal as they discuss the health district announces Monkeypox vaccine appointments.