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​ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking more than 200 people in Massachusetts who were in contact with the first confirmed monkeypox patient in the U.S., the   New York Post reports . The CDC also released a  level-2 travel alert  over the spread of the virus on Monday, advising people to “practice enhanced precautions,” while warning that the rare disease is fatal in up to 11% of people who become infected. According to the CDC, symptoms include fever of 100.4 degrees or higher, headache, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes, followed by a rash. Skin lesions generally develop at the same time and progress through several stages on any part of the body before falling off. Patients are usually ill for two to four weeks. Perhaps the worst part about this entire week of news has been the idea that only people of a certain sexual proclivity will be spreading this virus. Anyone who’s paying attention will know that children are most susceptible. Once...

By now you’ve heard about monkeypox. The virus that provides flu like symptoms, weeks of strife, and finally giant pus filled pox marks on our palms of our hands and faces to signify the virus subsiding. It all sounds pretty horrible, and unfortunately now for people worldwide it is a personal plague. While there are no indications that give us information as to who patient zero is, there’s plenty of rumors about this mysterious monkeypox invasion of our planet. It doesn’t spread like earlier strains, and it certainly seems to be spreading much faster and further than anyone has ever seen before. There was a brief moment in 2003 when monkey pox looked dangerous, as it spread from rats from New Guinea into the Midwest, and 70 or so became sick. There were no reported deaths from that mini outbreak. The current situation seems different however. There are some rumors swirling that right now monkeypox patients seem to be men who have had sex with each other. The working theory is that thi...