Monkeypox: First death reported in the United States

The case was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control.

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Idrees Mohammed. EFE

The case was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control.

The first death from this disease was recorded in Los Angeles, United States.

Los Angeles County, California, recorded the first confirmed death from
monkeypox in the United Statesas reported by the Department of Public Health, which indicated that the deceased suffered from severe complications of the immune system.

Clinical trials will be conducted in the United States to test different dosing strategies for the Jynneo monkeypox vaccine.

In late August, the Texas Department of Health reported the death of a patient with monkeypox, but it has not yet been determined whether the person died from that disease or for some other reason.

The Los Angeles patient died when he was already admitted to the hospital, the Department of Public Health said in a statement, and that smallpox
of the monkey has been the cause of death was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control. (CDC, for its acronym in English).

According to the latest data from the CDC, The United States accumulates the largest number of global cases of monkeypox, with 21,985, out of a total of about 58,000 worldwide.

The two states with the most cases are two of the largest in the country: California (4,300) and New York (3,591). The US health authorities were “cautiously optimistic” in August, because although the numbers of infections continue to rise, the rate of increase has slowed, especially in the most affected constituencies.

EFE