WHO "not concerned" about monkeypox becoming pandemic
More than 430 cases of monkeypox have been identified worldwide since the beginning of the month.
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More than 430 cases of monkeypox have been identified worldwide since the beginning of the month.
Health officials are responding to at least 13 monkeypox cases identified in eight different states.
EU officials aren't sounding alarms about widespread epidemics, but they are urging countries to check vaccine supplies, and in some cases, offering them as a precaution.
World Health Organization has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Britain, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, Australia and the U.S.
At least one case of monkeypox has been confirmed in the U.S.
At a Tokyo news conference, he also said he doesn't think a recession is inevitable in the U.S. and there's no need for strict anti-monkeypox quarantine measures.
As the CDC confirms a case in Boston, Dr. Jon LaPook discusses why the potentially fatal disease, now found in 12 countries outside Africa, is being taken seriously by public health officials.
"They haven't told me the level of exposure yet but it is something that everybody should be concerned about," the president said.
Massachusetts health officials announced Wednesday that they have confirmed a case of the monkeypox virus.
It is the second confirmed case of the virus in the country since an outbreak in 2003.
Officials said the public should not be concerned.