What happened last time there was a monkeypox outbreak in the US - Slate

In 2003, monkeypox rode into the U.S. on Gambian pouched rats and then infected prairie dogs.

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced that it is continuing to investigate the recent outbreak of monkeypox but believes it is containable. As Slates Jordan Weissmann has explained, mon… [+6642 chars]

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