{"id":1487108,"date":"2022-05-22T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487108"},"modified":"2022-05-22T07:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T11:15:39","slug":"biden-sounds-alarm-on-monkeypox-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-sounds-alarm-on-monkeypox-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Sounds Alarm on \u201cMonkeypox\u201d Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-sounds-alarm-on-monkeypox-outbreak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Joe Biden said Sunday the new monkeypox outbreak should concern &#8220;everybody,&#8221; as it continues to baffle medical officials around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Everybody should be concerned about [it],&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden said in South Korea<\/a>, while speaking with a group of reporters before he boarded Air Force One for Japan, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks come as numerous outbreaks of monkeypox were reported in Africa, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other reported cases in Europe<\/a> and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re working on it, hard to figure out what we do,&#8221; added Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/scientists-monkeypox-europe-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AFRICAN SCIENTISTS BAFFLED BY MONKEYPOX CASES IN EUROPE, US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide and another 50 suspected cases, the U.S. has only confirmed a pair of cases after a man in Massachusetts was diagnosed with the disease. Another man in New York City also tested positive for monkeypox.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22142250017370.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Japan at Osan Air Base, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Japan at Osan Air Base, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cases have been reported in Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States<\/a>, Sweden, and Canada, all by individuals who reportedly had no travel history with Africa. France, Germany, Belgium, and Australia also reported confirmed cases this week.<\/p>\n<p>While no monkeypox-related deaths have been reported, the worldwide phenomenon has baffled medical experts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m stunned by this. Every day I wake up and there are more countries infected,&#8221; said Oyewale Tomori, a virologist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-health-organization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a> advisory board member.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/uk-britain-confirm-monkeypox-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>UK CONFIRMS MORE CASES OF MONKEYPOX<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not the kind of spread we\u2019ve seen in West Africa, so there may be something new happening in the West,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22138610107235.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner\/CDC via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, similarly said he\u2019s &#8220;never seen anything like what&#8217;s happening in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to WHO estimates, monkeypox could be fatal for up to one-in-ten people, though its similarity to the smallpox virus allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smallpox vaccinations to provide some protection.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/massachusetts-confirms-first-case-monkeypox-united-states-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MASSACHUSETTS CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF MONKEYPOX IN THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two viruses also share similar symptoms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Monkeypox-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(CDC\/Brian W.J. Mahy\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Symptoms appear one to two weeks after infection and initially include mostly flu-like symptoms like fever, headaches, and shortness of breath. After about five days, a skin eruption phase begins where a rash appears and often spreads to different areas of the body.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monkeypox, unlike smallpox, causes lymph nodes to swell.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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