Ted Remsnyder reports at Columbia-Greene Media that the Columbia County Department of Health hosts a monkeypox vaccine clinic at Columbia-Greene Community College on Aug. 25. The Department has 100 vaccine doses to distribute at the clinic from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Aug. 25 for Columbia County residents who are 18 years of age and older and have been exposed to, or are at high risk of exposure, to monkeypox. “It’s not just open to the public,” Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Maab said on Aug. 22. “If you had contact with someone that’s positive, that puts you in category A. But it’s opened up to anyone who thinks that they may have had contact. If you’re a male that has sex with other men, then you’re definitely eligible. Also if you think that you live a lifestyle that puts you in contact with someone who may be infected. It’s pretty broad.” Maab said Columbia County has had three cases of monkeypox so far. Previously, Columbia County held a monkeypox vaccine clinic on Aug. 18. Greene County has had just one monkeypox case, and so far the state has not sent Greene County any vaccines. “That would make sense because of the Amtrak connection to the city, they (Columbia) get many more New York City residents or visitors,” Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said on Aug. 22. Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.