How Does Monkeypox Work?

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Public health organizations around the world are trying to control this year's outbreaks of monkeypox with vaccination programs. Learn about monkeypox and its vaccines in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/respiratory/monkeypox.htm

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1:46.3	The outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has, as of August 4th of this year, 2022,
1:52.6	been declared a national public health emergency. This came a little less than two weeks
1:58.6	after the World Health Organization declared it a public health emergency of international concern.
2:04.0	But don't panic. There are vaccines that protect against it, and the fact that it's being
2:09.3	called public health emergency here and internationally means that teams around the world
2:14.4	will be on the alert to help contain it. So today, let's talk about what monkeypox is,
2:20.8	and how it can prevent its spread. A monkeypox is a viral infection that first presents with a
2:27.6	basic suite of flu-like symptoms, fever, chills, and body aches. It may also cause fatigue
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