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Monkeypox can look different than what doctors thought. Here's what they're learning.

Above: a monkeypox lesion. The lesions in cases that are part of the 2022 outbreak are often first seen on genitalia or the anus. Spread to other parts of the body is possible but doesn't always occur.

[ Above / Left: a monkeypox lesion. The lesions in cases that are part of the 2022 outbreak are often first seen on genitalia or the anus. Spread to other parts of the body is possible but doesn't always occur. ]

For the first time in history, the world is facing an international outbreak of monkeypox. The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency, which enhances coordination and the sharing of resources and information among nations.

Epidemiologists warn the U.S. reaches a critical moment to contain monkeypox

[People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Brooklyn.]

On the heels of a public health emergency declaration from the World Health Organization, epidemiologists and public health experts warn the U.S. is running out of time to contain a monkeypox outbreak that has infected nearly 3,000 Americans.

Monkeypox is a public health emergency. Here's what you need to know about the virus.

[A 1997 image provided by CDC of a patient with monkeypox lesions. The World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency of global concern Saturday.]

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, but it's not a disease that the general public has been familiar with.

Monkeypox can look different than what doctors thought. Here's what they're learning.

Epidemiologists warn the U.S. reaches a critical moment to contain monkeypox

Monkeypox is a public health emergency. Here's what you need to know about the virus.

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