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Monkeypox is a disease caused by a pathogen closely related to the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox and smallpox infections trigger similar symptoms, but monkeypox tends to be far milder by comparison. Here's what you need to know to keep you safe. livescience.com/what-is-monkeypox-symptoms-treatment
0:00 Spreading since May 2022
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0:42 First human case
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2:26 High-risk groups
2:37 Infected Animals
3:04 How monkeypox spreads
3:48 Disinformation
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Monkeypox is a disease caused by a pathogen closely related to the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox and smallpox infections trigger similar symptoms, but monkeypox tends to be far milder by comparison. Here's what you need to know to keep you safe. livescience.com/what-is-monkeypox-symptoms-treatment
0:00 Spreading since May 2022
0:13 History of the virus
0:42 First human case
1:28 Symptoms
1:40 Rashes
2:26 High-risk groups
2:37 Infected Animals
3:04 How monkeypox spreads
3:48 Disinformation
4:21 For more information
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For the science geek in everyone, LiveScience.com breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet, while also digging up fascinating discoveries that hit on a broad range of fields, from dinosaurs and archaeology to wacky physics and astronomy to health and human history. If you want to learn something interesting every day, #LiveScience is the place for you. #MonkeypoxExplained #MonkeypoxCases
