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According to health officials, a man in Iowa is infected with the first possible case of monkeypox in the state.
According to the Iowa Public Health Service, the man may have been infected during a recent trip abroad and is isolated.
Staff perform contact tracing to track potential exposure to other individuals.
The virus comes from wildlife, but sometimes infects humans and is most often confined to Central and West Africa.
I am concerned that renaming the monkeypox virus after the voice of scientists is “discriminatory and stigmatizing”.
Recent cases of monkeypox far exceed Africa and have been reported in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and the United States.
According to the World Health Organization, symptoms of monkeypox include fever, severe headaches, back pain, muscle aches, lack of energy, and skin rashes.
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On June 28, US health officials expanded the guidelines for people who should be vaccinated against monkeypox, including men who recently had sex with other men at parties.
In the United States, about 460 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 32 states.
The World Health Organization said on June 27 that the current outbreak of monkeypox is “moderate” and the number of cases is “likely to be underestimated.”
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“The overall risk is [the] “It is world-class, considering that this is the first time that cases and clusters have been reported simultaneously in five WHO regions,” WHO said. Outbreaks, including some newly affected countries, and somewhat atypical clinical manifestations of the case. In other WHO regions, risk is considered moderate due to epidemiological patterns, potential risk of importing cases, and the ability to detect cases and respond to outbreaks. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.