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Monkeypox is now a public health emergency

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Published August 5, 2022 at 12:40 PM CDT

The Biden administration declared that monkeypox is now a public health emergency on Thursday.

Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks talks with Dr. Michael Chang, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Texas Health Houston and Memorial Hermann Hospital

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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