Monkeypox virus: What is it? What are the symptoms? Is it contagious?

The second case of a virus called monkeypox has been identified in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed late Tuesday that the patient, a person from Maryland, had recently returned from a trip to Nigeria. The patient developed mild symptoms and was not hospitalized, but is currently in isolation, according to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). Here is what you need to know about monkeypox. What is monkeypox? When was it first discovered? According to the CDC, researchers first discovered monkeypox in 1958 when a “pox-like” outbreak appeared on…

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