WGN Chicago City health officials are offering a warning to residents in Chicago amid a recent spike in mpox cases in the city.
According to the mpox dashboard, operated by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), the city has seen 100 cases of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, between July 12 and September 30, which resulted in two hospitalizations. Of those cases, the CDPH says 55 were diagnosed in September alone.
All of those infected were between the ages of 18 and 64 and nearly all were men.