http://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-growing-problem-ignored-decades-expert-1724327

The threat of monkeypox spreading across the world could have been avoided, had the danger not been ignored for decades, an epidemiology expert has argued.

Before now, monkeypox was only ever recorded in areas of Central and Western Africa, making the current outbreak highly unusual. Monkeypox has caused epidemics before, but the virus only caught global attention when it was confirmed to be spreading widely.