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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money

Sex, rashes and outbreaks: A rational guide to the monkeypox risk

LOS ANGELES — California marked its first suspected case of monkeypox Tuesday, in a person in Sacramento County.

The person, who recently traveled to Europe, is isolating at home and isn’t in contact with other people, health officials said Tuesday.

With case counts in the U.S. relatively low, why are officials paying close attention to this outbreak? And why are they less concerned about monkeypox than about COVID-19?

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