Monkeypox vaccine offered to close contacts of patient at Boston hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital became the first in the country to use the monkeypox vaccine outside of clinical trials this week.
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Massachusetts General Hospital became the first in the country to use the monkeypox vaccine outside of clinical trials this week.
Massachusetts General Hospital became the first in the country to use the monkeypox vaccine outside of clinical trials this week.
Contact tracers are casting a wide net as the monkeypox patient in Massachusetts is released from the hospital.
The Massachusetts man who was identified as the first case of monkeypox in the U.S. was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
The CDC said they are tracking 200 contacts connected to the monkeypox patient at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The CDC said they are tracking 200 contacts connected to the monkeypox patient in Boston.
The CDC said they are tracking 200 contacts connected to the monkeypox patent in Boston.
Investigators have determined the strain linked to the Boston case is not a new form of the virus.
Boston Children's Hospital researchers are providing the WHO and CDC with detailed information on every case.
WBZ TV's Nick Giovanni reports.