Dr. Fauci Just Gave a Concerning Warning About Monkeypox

As if one ongoing viral outbreak weren't enough to worry about, health officials are now alerting us about an emerging disease: monkeypox. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), monkeypox does not occur naturally in the U.S., so cases are typically very rare here. But on May 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that there is now a multi-country monkeypox outbreak happening in countries where the monkeypox virus does not normally spread. In the U.S., the CDC has already identified nine monkeypox cases in seven different states, per CNN. Now, top virus experts are jumping in to warn Americans about the disease, and what it could mean for them. Read on to find out what new alert was just issued by one of the country's most prominent health leaders.

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