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Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

  • Written by Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this meansThe goal of the public health emergency declaration is to prevent monkeypox from becoming a widespread threat to public health.ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine/iStock via Getty Images

After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is...

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