U.S. CDC warns of severe illnesses from monkeypox; Ohio reports death of a monkeypox patient

CDC warns of severe illnesses from monkeypox as Ohio reports death of a monkeypox patient | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe illnesses in people with monkeypox. Nadia Kounang,Katherine Dillinger CNN

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The CDC said Thursday that some people in the US who were infected with monkeypox during the ongoing outbreak have had “severe manifestations” of the illness, extended hospitalizations or “substantial” health problems.

The agency’s health alert notes that severe monkeypox can happen in anyone, and most people diagnosed during this outbreak have had mild or moderate illness. Most people whose illness has been severe have had HIV with “substantial immunosuppression,” it says.

Some of the severe illnesses have included:  ...