Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. - an epidemiologist explains what this means

The goal of the public health emergency declaration is to prevent the monkeypox virus from becoming a widespread threat to public health. ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine/iStock via Getty Images

By Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond

After news broke that the ...