Federal health officials said that 35 monkeypox cases have been reported across at least 14 U.S. states as of Tuesday, with several states reporting their first cases this week.
Cases of the rare virus have been located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Texas, Virginia, Washington state, and Washington, D.C., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an update on June 7. Outside the United States, more than 900 cases have been found across 29 countries, the agency said.
Several days ago, the agency raised its travel alert to “Level 2” and asked travelers to “practice enhanced precautions” because of the spread of monkeypox. It said that the “risk to the general public is low, but you should seek medical care immediately if you develop new, unexplained skin rash (lesions on any part of the body), with or without fever and chills.”…