How to Use monkeypox in a Sentence

monkeypox

noun
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  • The lab can run as many as 500 tests for monkeypox virus a day.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The state of Ohio has seen 370 cases of monkeypox and two deaths to date.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The first case of monkeypox in the U.S. was reported on May 18.
    — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • And the 2022 monkeypox outbreak left plenty of gay men shook.
    — ELLE, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The report looked at about 2,000 monkeypox cases from four states and four cities from mid-May to late July.
    — Mike Stobbe, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The virus itself continues to be called monkeypox, even as the disease and the viral clades change their names.
    — Denise Roland, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The United States has seen a decline in monkeypox cases throughout the past month.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Gerald Febles points to a scar left from his monkeypox outbreak.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Children almost never get mpox, the virus that used to be called monkeypox.
    — The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • There are early signs that new monkeypox cases are slowing down in the U.S.
    — Dr. Shelbi Swyden, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • An outbreak of mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — spread around the world.
    — Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Two people with monkeypox have died also in New York City, a spokesman for the state health department said.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • When monkeypox, or Mpox as it's now called, appeared in the U.S., many people began to worry about any lump or bump on their skin.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
  • Staff chatted with him about his life outside of monkeypox.
    — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The monkeypox vaccine is now available at 14 sites across the state and through mobile providers, officials said.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is caused by a virus in the same family as the one that causes smallpox.
    — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Despite its name, the source of monkeypox remains unknown, according to the CDC.
    — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Tpoxx, a drug not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat monkeypox.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The monkeypox virus, which can cause painful sores and lesions all over the body, can be serious but is not often life-threatening.
    — Madison Muller, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That is one reason the 2022 outbreak of monkeypox was so concerning.
    — Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • For a few weeks this summer, the world worried that monkeypox might become the next global pandemic.
    — Gideon Lichfield maryn McKenna, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The number of Black men in the U.S. being diagnosed with monkeypox is growing—and vaccines aren’t keeping up.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The recent monkeypox outbreak, which spread to 94 countries in three months, is one example.
    — Time, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The growth of new monkeypox cases has begun to decline both in the United States and abroad, according to health officials.
    — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The two were diagnosed with monkeypox over six weeks ago and had been hospitalized.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2022
  • To help clear up some uncertainty about the illness, health agencies like the CDC have shared monkeypox pictures to inform you about the lesions at any stage of the disease.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
  • The authors of the report propose several changes to streamline the fight against HIV as new medical crises, such as monkeypox, emerge.
    — Time, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The first dose of the monkeypox vaccine has been administered to 1,749 New Mexicans.
    — Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Try not to panic, but the monkeypox virus can cause bumps on various parts of the body, including the genital and rectal region.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • But symptoms of monkeypox most commonly seen in the current outbreak tend to be mild and limited.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2022

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