
Monkeypox Is a Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Knowing That Can Help Protect People
In the U.S., Black and Latino men who have sex with men are most vulnerable to monkeypox
Steven W. Thrasher is a professor at Northwestern University in the Medill School of Journalism and the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. He is author of the forthcoming book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Follow Thrasher on Twitter @thrasherxy Credit: Nick Higgins
In the U.S., Black and Latino men who have sex with men are most vulnerable to monkeypox
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