What is monkeypox, and how can you stay safe as it spreads?

What is monkeypox, and how can you stay safe while it spreads? As a global outbreak of monkeypox continues to grow, public health officials are stressing the importance of education in fighting the virus. Virginia Langmaid, CNN CNN

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Monkeypox spreads through close contact, according to the CDC. That includes direct physical contact with lesions as well as "respiratory secretions" shared through face-to-face interaction, and touching objects that have been contaminated by monkeypox lesions or fluids. The virus may also pass to a fetus through the placenta.