By Marie Rosenthal, MS
“We have the tools to protect people from this disease,” Raj Panjabi, MD, said at a CDC briefing. “We have tests for monkeypox. We have vaccines for monkeypox, and we have treatments for monkeypox. We have a multipronged approach to deploy those tools, to ensure we’re fighting this outbreak as effectively as possible.
“We want to test infected individuals to find out who’s ill. We want to isolate and care for anyone who’s suffering