If you’re at all like me, you’ve learned the bare minimum about monkeypox and avoided taking in any more information then absolutely necessary. I mean who has time for another potential pandemic, in this economy? Come’on. But, as we’ve all recently learned, global health crises aren’t the type of thing you can blow off so I sat down with Student Doctor Ben to learn what we know, what we fear, and what we’re doing about it. Catch the episode below at 7p CT 9/1 and be sure to check back here for some footNOTES!
Texas confirms first U.S. death in monkeypox outbreak, says patient was "severely immunocompromised" by Alexander Tin for CBS News
Monkeypox Signs and Symptoms from the CDC
Biden administration injects $11M into monkeypox vaccine production by Joseph Choi for The Hill
Black, Hispanic people disproportionately suffer monkeypox but fewer are getting the vaccine, early data shows by Nada Hassanein for USA Today
Struggle to protect gay, bisexual men from monkeypox exposes inequities by Fenit Nirappil for The Washington Post
Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says by Natalie Grover for Reuters
This Is Not the Monkeypox That Doctors Thought They Knew by Apoorva Mandavilli for The New York Times
Will Monkeypox Be the 'Syphilis of the 21st Century'? by Vincent Richeux for Medscape
Monkeypox can spread to anyone, in more ways than you may think. Here’s what you need to know by Lisa Riley Roche for Deseret News
