On Thursday, the CDC added Pennsylvania to the list of U.S. states with at least one case of Monkeypox reported.
The agency did not specify where in Pennsylvania the virus was detected, but Pennsylvania joins California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington as the U.S. states with at least a single confirmed case.
Monkeypox is caused by a virus that is in the same genus of viruses that causes smallpox, according to the CDC. Symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and a noticeable rash.
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