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"We shouldnt have to relearn the same lessons about misinformation and stigma to stop outbreaks before they spread," GLAADs DaShawn Usher told Newsweek.

The Florida Department of Health is investigating a second "presumptive" positive case of monkeypox.

‘We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission.’

Proportion of people protected has fallen substantially in decades since smallpox vaccination ended

The likely cause of the monkeypox spread was sexual behavior at two parties in Europe. More than 90 cases have been recorded in a dozen countries to date.

World Health Organization has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Britain, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, Australia and the U.S.

Dr David Heymann, who used to head the WHOs emergencies department, said monkeypox may have happened been spread at two recent raves in Spain and Belgium.

Although other possible explanations for the monkeypox outbreak have not been ruled out, this is now the leading theory.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today confirmed the additional cases, bringing the UK-wide total in the ongoing unprecedented global outbreak to 71.

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