A New Monkeypox Case Hits California

You won't believe what's happening in California! A person who recently traveled to Africa has been diagnosed with a more severe strain of monkeypox. Health experts are calling it the clade 1 strain, and it's been causing trouble in Eastern Africa. Don't worry, though, the risk to the public is super low. The patient is being cared for and is isolated at home with mild symptoms.

This isn't the first time monkeypox has been in the news. There's another strain, called clade II, that's been around since a big outbreak two years ago. Monkeypox is usually found in central and west Africa and is part of the same virus family as chickenpox and smallpox. It causes fever, chills, and a rash with lesions that look like smallpox. Health officials are working hard to make sure no one else gets sick. They're contacting people who might have been exposed and reminding everyone to get tested if they have an unexplained rash, traveled to an affected country in the last month, or been close to someone with monkeypox.

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