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U.S. confirms first two cases of monkeypox in children
By Alexander Tin
July 22, 2022 / 2:27 PM / CBS News
Health officials have confirmed the first U.S. cases of monkeypox in children, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday.
Walensky disclosed the cases at a virtual event with The Washington Post on Friday, saying that both children "are doing well."
Children, especially those under 8 years old, are among those the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns are at "especially increased risk" for severe monkeypox disease...
..."We have seen now two cases that have occurred in children. Both of those children are traced back to individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men's community," Walensky said.
She added that these cases have been generally "adjacent to the community most at risk."
Dr. Patrick Hickey, a pediatrics professor at Uniformed Services University in Maryland, posted Wednesday on Twitter that he had heard from his colleagues of monkeypox cases "in 2 (unrelated) pregnant women and a toddler." ...
U.S. confirms first two cases of monkeypox in children
By Alexander Tin
July 22, 2022 / 2:27 PM / CBS News
Health officials have confirmed the first U.S. cases of monkeypox in children, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday.
Walensky disclosed the cases at a virtual event with The Washington Post on Friday, saying that both children "are doing well."
Children, especially those under 8 years old, are among those the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns are at "especially increased risk" for severe monkeypox disease...
..."We have seen now two cases that have occurred in children. Both of those children are traced back to individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men's community," Walensky said.
She added that these cases have been generally "adjacent to the community most at risk."
Dr. Patrick Hickey, a pediatrics professor at Uniformed Services University in Maryland, posted Wednesday on Twitter that he had heard from his colleagues of monkeypox cases "in 2 (unrelated) pregnant women and a toddler." ...