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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

California mpox cases raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low

Local transmission of clade I mpox may have occurred in California, with two hospitalized cases now recovering and investigations ongoing.
fromNBC News
2 weeks ago

New York health officials confirm state's first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

The state Department of Health said Tuesday that the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person living in Nassau County on Long Island. The county's health department, in a separate statement, said the person began experiencing symptoms in August after having traveled outside of the region, but not out of the country. It's not clear how exactly the person, whom authorities have not named, contracted the virus.
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