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Why hasn’t the U.S. been able to contain monkeypox?

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As cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, public health experts are beginning to question whether it’s too late to prevent the infectious disease — which has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades — from gaining a foothold in the U.S.

As of Friday there were 1,800 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S., though experts say lack of testing capacity means the true spread of the virus is likely much wider. “I think the window for getting control of this and containing it probably has closed, and if it hasn’t closed,

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