Re: CDC warns doctors to watch for monkeypox

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Federal health officials on Friday advised clinicians to watch
out for a telltale rash that could be a symptom of monkeypox, a
rare viral infection found in the U.S. earlier this week.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an
advisory Friday, saying it is working with the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health to investigate a confirmed case of
monkeypox in the state.

Senior health officials told reporters the case “is highly
unusual” because it doesn’t appear to have any direct link to
any of the countries in Western Central Africa where monkeypox
is commonly found.

Officials, speaking anonymously, said the Massachusetts case
bears similarities to some of the other monkeypox cases being
reported across the globe right now, which also lack evidence of
travel.

“This is the only confirmed case being recorded in the United
States to date, but it is likely that there could be some
additional cases detected in the coming days as surveillance and
testing began to work more actively to look for cases,” a senior
administration health official said.

New York City health officials are also investigating a possible
case of monkeypox.

Last year, the United States had two cases of monkeypox imported
by travelers who had recently visited Nigeria. What’s different
about this week’s case and the clusters being recorded in
Canada, Europe and elsewhere is that they don’t have any links
to travel.

“This is the first time we’ve seen that phenomenon on such a
wide scale, and that’s why we have some scientific concern about
it,” the official said.

Still, the official emphasized, “there appears to be a low risk
to the general public at this time.”

The official said it is suspected the virus is being spread
person-to-person by “close, intimate skin on skin contact with
somebody who has had an active rash.”

Unlike COVID-19, which is airborne, monkeypox is “not something
you can get passing somebody on the street,” the official said.
Respiratory droplets generally cannot travel more than a few
feet, so prolonged face-to-face contact is required.

But it can be spread through shared items like bedding, clothing
and toothbrushes.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3496363-cdc-warns-doctors-
to-watch-for-monkeypox/