Public health, buy-in from gay and bisexual men helped get Canada's mpox outbreak under control

An aggressive public health response and immediate buy-in from men who have sex with men — the group most affected by the outbreak — has helped to contain mpox in Canada, public health doctors say. After a steep increase in total cases from May through the end of August, Canada's mpox case count has since plateaued. The vaccine, called Imvamune, had been approved by Health Canada already when mpox cases began to appear here and could be put to immediate use. Less than one week later, officials reported that Canada's first mpox cases had been found in Montreal. (Andrew Lahodynskyj/The Canadian Press)Griffiths said the alliance could lean on its existing network to spread public health messaging "directly to the community" facing the highest risk.