August 8, 2022 |
Wyoming is the only state in the country that has no reported cases of monkeypox, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Thursday, the CDC published a map of the USA showing Wyoming and Montana were the only states in the nation without a reported case of monkeypox. Montana’s status as monkeypox free did not last long. One day later, on Friday, the Montana health department reported the state’s first suspected case of the virus in Flathead.
Here in Wyoming, Carbon County Public Health Nurse Amanda Brown provided Carbon County Commissioners with an update on the situation last week.
Nationwide 7,510 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed. So far the virus appears to affecting predominately homosexual males. The CDC notes that the virus is spread mostly through intimate contact with someone already infected. The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, a move that frees up government spending on vaccines and treatments.
