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Monkeypox fatality confirmed in Los Angeles, a possible US first

People wait in line to get vaccinated against monkeypox in Los Angeles, California.
People wait in line to get vaccinated against monkeypox in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA

A Los Angeles resident with a compromised immune system has died of monkeypox in what is believed to be the first US fatality from the virus.

The Los Angeles department of public health reconfirmed the death on Monday, and said that the individual was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized. No other information on the person was released.

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