What do you need to know about monkeypox

An infectious disease specialist explains the symptoms of monkeypox, and how this disease is different from COVID-19.

By Claire Hyman
Monkeypox
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/Associated Press
Monkeypox
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/Associated Press

What do you need to know about monkeypox

An infectious disease specialist explains the symptoms of monkeypox, and how this disease is different from COVID-19.

By Claire Hyman
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Health officials are monitoring an outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox, which is spreading through Europe, the U.K. and North America. Reset learns about the signs, symptoms and likelihood of monkeypox spread from an infectious disease specialist.

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