LGBTQ-friendly states led US in mpox vaccination uptake, study shows

Medical Xpress reports that U.S. states with stronger LGBTQ+ equality laws saw significantly higher mpox vaccination rates during the 2022–2023 epidemic compared to states with weaker protections, according to a study by CUNY SPH researchers published in the Annals of Epidemiology. Read more at https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-lgbtq-friendly-states-mpox-vaccination.html