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I know it sounds like im splitting hairs. but once someone is infected, thats isolation. thats not what theyre talking about. this is quarantine when youve come in contact with someone. >> okay. understood. so monkeypox still an outbreak. were hearing that lab techs, some are refusing to take blood from possible monkeypox patients? whats going on here? >> yes. both quest and lab core say, yes, many of our phlebotomists are not taking blood from patients. from people that lived through the hiv ou...

Probably need more. also the sexual health clinics where a lot of monkeypox patients have been going, many of them dont bill private labs, like they dont send specimens to private labs because they say its too much paperwork, they dont have the money to handle -- to have the staff to handle that paperwork so where many of these men are going with monkeypox, those clinics cant use the private labs so obviously thats a problem as well. brianna. >> certainly is. elizabeth, thank you for that report...

Cases of monkeypox. many folks around the country are looking for a vaccine and cant find them. so one example, the monkeypox vaccine clinic at one of the main public vaccination sites in san francisco is closed today because they ran out of vaccines. "the new york times" reporting as monkeypox has spread in new york, 300,000 vac soon doses sat in denmark. the federal government adopted a wait-and-see response, calling for more vaccines to be delivered only after cases were growing exponentially...

Benefits of the vaccinations that we have, we can better understand transmission, and im sure that research and advice will change as we go through managing this outbreak. it is a call to arms internationally, and the uk hsa is working with and was the first to identify this group of monkeypox patients. its been a day of more lengthy delays and frustration for thousands of people, trying to cross the channel. on whats been the busiest travel day of the year so far, some drivers have had to wait ...

Internationally together, we can ensure we understand the benefits of the vaccinations that we have. we can better understand transmission, and im sure that research and the advice will change as we go through managing this outbreak. so it is a call to arms internationally, and the uk is working with and where the first to identify this group of monkeypox patients. robbie de santos is the director of communications and external affairs at stonewall, an organisation supporting the freedoms of lgb...

All surfaces directly touched by the monkeypox patients hands showed viral contamination with the highest loads.

The CDC, on its website, also urges monkeypox patients, especially those who have respiratory symptoms, to wear a surgical mask.

Monkeypox is primarily spread through sustained physical contact such as skin-to-skin touch with someone who has an active rash, CDC officials said. The virus can also spread through contact with materials that have the virus on it like shared bedding and clothing.