100PercentFedUp.com By Amber Crawford
On Wednesday, health officials confirmed that a man in Massachusetts has monkeypox, a rare disease that is currently making its way through the UK. The infected man has been hospitalized and is currently in good condition, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health.
This case was confirmed one day after the CDC warned of the possibility that the outbreak in Europe could spread beyond the borders of the UK.
“We do have a level of concern that this is very different than what we typically think of from monkeypox,” said a senior CDC official in an interview with STAT. “And I think we have some concern there could be spread outside the UK associated with this.”
Monkeypox is a virus that rarely appears outside of central and western Africa. However, it was identified in the UK, Spain, and Portugal in early May. So far, nine cases have been confirmed in the UK, five in Portugal (and over 20 under investigation), and 23 suspected cases in Spain.
