Breaking: Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox Public-Health Emergency

The Biden administration declared the current outbreak of monkeypox a public-health emergency on Thursday, after three states had declared the disease an emergency.

The Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement during a briefing.

California and Illinois both declared states of emergencies Monday in a bid to increase vaccination efforts. California currently has 826 cases and Illinois has 547, according to the CDC’s website.

New York, which has 1,666 confirmed cases, declared a state of emergency Friday.

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