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The goal of the public health emergency declaration is to prevent the monkeypox virus from becoming a widespread threat to public health. ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine/iStock via Getty Images

Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond

Declaring monkeypox a national health emergency will allow the U.S. government to direct resources and funds where needed to help slow the spread of the virus.
Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which are the ovals and circles seen in this electron microscope image of the skin of a person infected with monkeypox. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC

Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as widespread as COVID‑19, but is worth watching

Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond

The monkeypox virus, which is commonly found in West and Central Africa, is now causing many infections in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.

Related Topics

  1. Epidemics
  2. Epidemiology
  3. Infectious diseases
  4. Monkeypox
  5. Mpox
  6. Outbreak
  7. Public health
  8. Smallpox
  9. Viruses

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