US Reports First Monkeypox Case as Europe’s Outbreak Grows

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US Reports First Monkeypox Case as Europe’s Outbreak Grows A Massachusetts man has tested positive for monkeypox, a non-deadly disease that causes swelling and rashes and is most common in West and Central Africa — although there have been outbreaks elsewhere. The current outbreak was first identified in the U.K. and cases have been confirmed in Portugal and Spain. Most of the new cases seem to be among men who have sex with men, although Maria van Kerkhove of the World Health Organization added that this could be because “we’re finding where we’re looking.” Experts are worried monkeypox might have found a new way of spreading via “intimate contact.” (Source: STAT)