Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts

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Mon, 2022-07-25 15:25 — FNUOvviyaa

Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts Two months after the United States' first monkeypox case was confirmed, the total has risen to about 2,900. But details about those cases and other epidemiological data aren't spreading nearly as quickly as the virus itself, leaving holes in the response. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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Monkeypox is now a reportable disease, which means public health departments work with local health care providers to collect information about people who are diagnosed and how they became ill. But it is still completely voluntary for states to share data on monkeypox with the CDC...

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