http://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-cases-usa-23-states-update-1718440 > Monkeypox has now been found in 23 U.S. states in an outbreak that has seen over 3,300 confirmed cases worldwide across 42 countries, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) > Monkeypox, a virus usually seen in Central and West Africa, is currently spreading across non-endemic countries, including Europe and North America. It is a zoonotic virus originally transmitted from animals to humans, with symptoms similar but less clinically severe as those experienced by smallpox patients in the past.