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Experts caution against fear-based messaging, especially when it targets communities that have historically been discriminated against.
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Dallas County received a shipment of more than 5,000 monkeypox vaccines to help treat the virus outbreak.
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Cases in the U.S. are 10 times higher than they were a month ago. Researchers advise that the coming days and weeks will be crucial as to whether the outbreak can be contained.
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The virus isn’t airborne, so it isn’t as easy to contract as COVID-19. But experts say it shouldn’t be ignored.
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LGBTQ students want the university to take “substantive action” against the computer science professor for his tweet, which included misinformation about how the monkeypox virus spreads.
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Dallas County health officials say there is potential for community spread of monkeypox after an infected person reported attending a local festival over the weekend.
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The case was identified in a Dallas County resident who recently traveled internationally. About 35 cases have now been identified across 14 states and Washington, D.C., this year, according to the CDC.