The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory on the scale of "alert level 2" for travelers to "practice enhanced precautions" amid the monkeypox outbreak.
"The most important finding from this study is that contrary to the accepted thought that fewer people are dying because infection rates are reduced by masks, this was not the case," wrote Dr. Fögen.
President Joe Biden said Monday that doesn’t expect the United States to implement quarantine requirements for people infected by monkeypox as officials in several states have confirmed cases.
A scientific journal published by top Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers shared studies appearing to engage in gain-of-function type research, a controversial method of studying pathogens that can increase their lethality.