A probable monkeypox case has been identified in Philadelphia, the first such case in Pennsylvania.
The city’s health department announced the case based on preliminary testing at the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Bureau of Laboratories where the person tested positive for orthopoxvirus, the family of viruses that includes monkeypox and smallpox.
A test to confirm whether the case is monkeypox is pending at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Philadelphia’s public health department says it will not be confirming any information about the resident but is working with Pennsylvania’s health department and the CDC to figure out how the individual contracted the disease….