CHICAGO — The first two monkeypox deaths in Chicago were announced Friday by the Chicago Department of Public Health.
The disease quickly spread throughout the city and country this summer, though its transmission has sharply slowed as vaccination and awareness has increased. Cases in the current outbreak have only rarely been fatal.
Five people have died as a result of monkeypox across the country, though nearly 30,000 have been infected, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
