fall semester

College students heading back to campus this fall have another infectious disease threat to contend with: monkeypox. As cases continue to rise in Massachusetts, one concerned Boston doctor explains what students should watch out for. Massachusetts saw a 37% jump in monkeypox cases across the state over a period of two weeks, according to the most recent data from the…

Dr. Gabriela Andujar Vazquez of Tufts Medical Center, talks about the latest on COVID subvariant BA.4.6, child vaccination rates and concerns about rising monkeypox cases in Massachusetts as college students prepare to return to campus during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”