Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays

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Thu, 2022-08-04 16:02 — FNUOvviyaa

Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays Many technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics, two of the largest commercial labs in the US, have been refusing to draw blood from patients who might have monkeypox, CNN has learned. Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN CNN

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Infectious disease experts who treat monkeypox patients say that the refusals are based on stigma and slow efforts to identify and isolate patients with monkeypox at a time when the nation's health officials are coming under criticism for struggling to get the outbreak under control. As of Tuesday, there were 6,326 reported cases of monkeypox, an 81% increase from a week before, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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