Monkeypox Florida News Today

The district said someone at Wedgefield School, a K-8 school in Orlando, was diagnosed with monkeypox.

The number of monkeypox cases in Florida continues to rise.

"You see some of these states declaring states of emergency. They are going to abuse those emergency powers to restrict your freedom. I guarantee you that's what will happen," DeSantis said.

Monkeypox has become a big problem in the United States, and President Joe Biden has declared that the disease is now a public health emergency.

Orange County has 32 known cases, and the numbers drop substantially for the rest of central Florida.

Health officials are investigating at least 24 cases of meningococcal disease, including seven deaths among gay and bisexual men in Florida.

The rash can move across your palms, your soles, as well as sometimes inside your mouth. These rashes sometimes can be painful as well.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are three confirmed cases and at least five presumed cases of monkeypox, two of which are in Florida. Officials want people to be aware of the symptoms.

To control the spread, the U.S. says it is releasing monkeypox vaccine from its stockpile.

Oh you know, inflation, an ever-lingering pandemic, weird weather stuff, and now...monkeypox. The strangeness of 2020 lingers even two years later.