By Michael Brand
On Monday, September 12, California confirmed its first death from monkeypox. It marks the first confirmed death from monkeypox in the United States. The United States isn’t alone in the outbreak of monkeypox as “eight deaths from monkeypox have been reported this year in countries where the virus isn't historically found” (Romero). But the United States has seen the largest number of confirmed cases with 21,985 (Vaziri). Meanwhile, California has seen the most cases nationally with “4,302 as of Friday, including 1,692 in Los Angeles County” (Vaziri). The patient who died from monkeypox was severely immunocompromised. Fortunately in the United States, “monkeypox infections are rarely fatal, with most cases resolving within two to four weeks” (Choi).
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