The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert on Monday for a more dangerous strain of mpox, also known as monkeypox, that was detected in the United States in recent days.
In a health alert, the CDC said that the first case of clade I mpox was discovered in the United States in California after the infected person “had recently traveled to areas experiencing clade I monkeypox virus.”
No additional mpox cases in the United States have been discovered as of Nov. 18, according to the CDC alert. Local and state health agencies are still investigating additional contacts….