By Ethan Covey
Air travel with people who have mpox does not appear to pose a risk for disease transmission, the CDC reported (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73[35]:758-762).
“Hundreds of people have traveled on commercial aircraft while infectious during the ongoing clade II mpox outbreak that began in 2022, prompting the need to assess the risk for mpox transmission on airplanes,” said Francisco Alvarado-Ramy, MD, the chief medical officer of the CDC’s Quarantine and Border