The LA County Dept. of Public Health has reported a presumed case of monkeypox. If confirmed, this would be the first monkeypox case found in the nation’s largest county.
that there have been 19 confirmed monkeypox cases in the United States, including the three in California. Health authorities have detected four cases in New York, three in Florida, two in Colorado and Utah, and one in Georgia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington state.
Globally, more than 550 cases have been found in 30 countries, according to a Tuesday update from theWhile monkeypox is endemic to Central and West Africa, cases were rare and isolated outside of these areas before May. The virus is primarily spread through close physical contact. The first symptoms are often fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. This can then lead to swollen lymph nodes and a rash appearing on the face, hands, feet, and genitals that turns into red bumps on the skin.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: “Summary of Epidemiological update as of 31 May.”
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