Monkeypox On The Rise: How Worried Should We Be?
November 16, 20174:51 PM ET
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A woman shows symptoms of monkeypox in 2008 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Earlier this month, the Washington Post ran a big, feature about a seemingly scary disease, called monkeypox.
"It kills up to 1 in 10 of its victims, similar to pneumonic plague, and is particularly dangerous in children," the story observes at the beginning.
Plus, the virus appears to be on rise.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/16/564357363/monkeypox-on-the-rise-how-worried-should-we-be
