BIOHAZARD ALERT: WHOcovenes EMERGENCY meeting on deadly M-Pox that has escaped the Congo and spread to other countries all the sudden spread

Mpox, previously called monkeypox, is a virus that causes fevers, headaches, muscle aches and painful boils on the skin. It's spread from person to person through close, skin-to-skin contact. It can be deadly.

The latest mpox strain is different from the virus that circulated globally in 2022, which mainly affected men who have s*x with men. Those cases have decreased significantly in the U.S.

The CDC said in the alert that outbreaks in some provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been associated with sexual contact.

In other parts of the country, however, patients have gotten sick through contact with infected animals, household transmission or patient care, the CDC said, adding that a high proportion of cases have been reported in children younger than 15.

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