06/16/2022

CDC Issues New Guidance on Monkeypox Symptoms

Meanwhile, the number of U.S. cases have ballooned

The U.S. has reported 72 cases of monkeypox across 18 states in the last month, making it the country's largest monkeypox outbreak ever.

That total has grown significantly since the beginning of June, when just 19 cases were confirmed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance Tuesday about how to identify monkeypox during this outbreak, based on the symptoms doctors have observed so far. Some recent infections have presented differently than past cases in Africa, where monkeypox is endemic in 11 countries.

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