How to Use monkeypox in a Sentence

monkeypox

noun
  • The lab can run as many as 500 tests for monkeypox virus a day.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The state of Ohio has seen 370 cases of monkeypox and two deaths to date.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The first case of monkeypox in the U.S. was reported on May 18.
    Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • But spread of monkeypox through the air is not thought to be a major source of transmission.
    Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
  • And the 2022 monkeypox outbreak left plenty of gay men shook.
    ELLE, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The report looked at about 2,000 monkeypox cases from four states and four cities from mid-May to late July.
    Mike Stobbe, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The virus itself continues to be called monkeypox, even as the disease and the viral clades change their names.
    Denise Roland, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • What is monkeypox, the rare disease now confirmed in Mass.?
    Russell Goldman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
  • The United States has seen a decline in monkeypox cases throughout the past month.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
  • None of the people being tracked are considered at high risk and none have been found to have monkeypox, the report said.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 23 July 2021
  • Gerald Febles points to a scar left from his monkeypox outbreak.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Children almost never get mpox, the virus that used to be called monkeypox.
    The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • The symptoms of monkeypox, according to health officials, are much like that of the flu.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
  • There are early signs that new monkeypox cases are slowing down in the U.S.
    Dr. Shelbi Swyden, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Cases of monkeypox continue to crop up around the world.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 5 June 2022
  • An outbreak of mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — spread around the world.
    Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Two people with monkeypox have died also in New York City, a spokesman for the state health department said.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • When monkeypox, or Mpox as it's now called, appeared in the U.S., many people began to worry about any lump or bump on their skin.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
  • Staff chatted with him about his life outside of monkeypox.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2022
  • At the moment, there are no safe treatments available for monkeypox, according to the CDC.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 23 July 2021
  • The monkeypox vaccine is now available at 14 sites across the state and through mobile providers, officials said.
    Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Cases of monkeypox are continuing to crop up around the globe as the outbreak of the rare disease keeps spreading.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is caused by a virus in the same family as the one that causes smallpox.
    Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Despite its name, the source of monkeypox remains unknown, according to the CDC.
    Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The first probable case of monkeypox has been announced in West Virginia.
    Fox News, 8 July 2022
  • Tpoxx, a drug not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat monkeypox.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Vaccines have never been used to stop monkeypox outbreaks in Africa.
    Maria Cheng, ajc, 1 July 2022
  • The monkeypox virus, which can cause painful sores and lesions all over the body, can be serious but is not often life-threatening.
    Madison Muller, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That is one reason the 2022 outbreak of monkeypox was so concerning.
    Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The disease formerly known as monkeypox was first detected in Baltimore in June 2022.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2023

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