Owners of dogs, cats, ferrets, rats, mice, and hamsters who have tested positive for monkeypox in King County are invited to have their animals screened for the virus as part of a new study, UW Medicine announced Wednesday. The Monkeypox and Pets Study is currently underground at the University of Washington’s Center for One Health Research, directed by Dr. Peter …
Updated June 1, 2022 Monkeypox is a very rare disease that’s normally linked to travel in West and Central Africa. It’s somewhat similar to the smallpox virus. It’s called monkeypox because it was first discovered in 1958 when colonies of monkeys kept for research developed a pox-like disease. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating clusters …
denise man MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A worrisome international outbreak of monkeypox, a less harmful cousin of the smallpox virus, has now reached the United States and Canada. As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases of illness, and 28 more suspected cases, have been reported across 12 countries, according to the World Health Organization. Between 1 and 5 …
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