Massachusetts Health Officials , and CDC Investigate Monkeypox Case.<br />CNN reports Massachusetts health officials are working alongside the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...<br />... to investigate a case of <br />monkeypox, the agency said on May 18.<br />Officials say a strain of monkeypox has <br />been confirmed in a Massachusetts man <br />who had recently traveled to Canada.<br />The man is currently hospitalized and in stable condition at Massachusetts General Hospital.<br />The patient was placed in an <br />airborne infection <br />isolation unit on May 12.<br />This patient, fortunately, is <br />doing quite well now, although <br />did have, have symptoms that require the hospitalization. , Dr. Erica Shenoy, Associate Chief of the Infection <br />Control Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, via CNN.<br />Officials are unsure how the patient became infected, though they say “that historically, <br />this has been a very rare disease, with very <br />rare transmission around the world.".<br />What we have seen in the United Kingdom, in Spain and in Europe, has been novel and that gives us cause for concern ... , Dr. Paul Biddinger, Chief Preparedness and <br />Continuity Officer at Mass General Brigham, via CNN.<br />... but, I think appropriately, people should not be afraid <br />of monkeypox right now. , Dr. Paul Biddinger, Chief Preparedness and <br />Continuity Officer at Mass General Brigham, via CNN.<br />Monkeypox is an unlikely but dangerous infection. It has much in common with <br />the now-eradicated smallpox virus
