Silent spread of monkeypox may be a wakeup call for the world

Silent spread of monkeypox may be a wakeup call for the world A monkeypox outbreak continues to grow in countries where the virus isn't normally found, putting global health officials on high alert. Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN CNN

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“The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons,” according to a WHO risk assessment issued Sunday, which added that “immediate action from countries is required to control further spread among groups at risk, prevent spread to the general population and avert the establishment of monkeypox as a clinical condition and public health problem in currently non-endemic countries.”...