Florida college students are back on campus just as monkeypox is spreading quickly in the state, including among young adults.
But while universities are posting information and offering fliers about the disease, few are prepared for a campus outbreak. They have yet to announce how they plan to isolate students with the virus and help them keep up with classes, and few have acquired the Jynneos vaccine being used for people at high risk of monkeypox.
Monkeypox most commonly spreads through skin-on-skin contact of any kind with a rash. It can also spread through contaminated surfaces. The virus can start with flu-like symptoms, painful muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and a pox-like rash, though during the current outbreak, it has often presented with just a rash, according to CDC officials. There have been no deaths in the U.S. linked to this outbreak.
