Texas microbiologist explains what is known about monkeypox 

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a case of monkeypox, a cousin to smallpox, was confirmed in the United States Wednesday, information on the disease has been widely searched.
The first case was confirmed in Massachusetts, and a possible case was reported in New York City.Rodney Rohde, the regents' professor of clinical laboratory science at Texas State University, said monkeypox is not a new disease.“The first confirmed human case was in 1970 when the virus was isolated from a child suspected o