California Announces Fifth Case of Pediatric Monkeypox in US

California Announces Fifth Case of Pediatric Monkeypox in US
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Caden Pearson
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A fifth child is presumed to have monkeypox in the United States since the country’s first two pediatric cases were reported in July.

California health officials announced the latest presumptive pediatric monkeypox case in a Long Beach child on Tuesday, four days after Indiana health officials confirmed that two children in that state also tested positive.

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