Austin-based lab to handle monkeypox tests from across the U.S.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lab based in Austin will help with testing specimens from across the United States for monkeypox, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sonic Healthcare USA will start testing for the virus Monday using the CDC's orthopoxvirus test, "which detects most non-smallpox related orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox."What you need to know about monkeypox symptoms, how its spreadCDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a press release commercial labs like Son