LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, native well being officers introduced Monday. It is believed to be the primary U.S. fatality from the illness.
The Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being introduced the reason for loss of life, and a spokesperson stated it was confirmed by an post-mortem. The affected person was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized. No different data on the individual was launched.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention tracks circumstances and has not confirmed any U.S. deaths from the illness. LA County officers say they labored with the CDC on their case.
A CDC spokesperson confirmed the cooperation however didn’t instantly reply when requested if this was the primary U.S. loss of life.
Texas public well being officers on Aug. 30 reported the loss of life of an individual who had been recognized with monkeypox. The individual was severely immunocompromised and their case is below investigation to find out what function monkeypox could have performed of their loss of life.
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Monkeypox is unfold by way of shut skin-to-skin contact and extended publicity to respiratory droplets. It will possibly trigger a rash, fever, physique aches and chills. Comparatively few folks require hospitalizations and solely a handful of deaths worldwide have been instantly linked to the illness.
The CDC recommends the monkeypox vaccine for people who find themselves an in depth contact of somebody who has illness; individuals who know a sexual accomplice was recognized up to now two weeks; and homosexual or bisexual males who had a number of sexual companions within the final two weeks in an space with identified virus unfold. Photographs are additionally really useful for well being care employees at excessive danger of publicity.
The USA has essentially the most circumstances globally, with 21,985 confirmed, in accordance with the CDC. California has recorded essentially the most circumstances nationally, with greater than 4,300. Black folks and Latinos have been disproportionately contaminated.
A latest decline in circumstances, mixed with an uptick in vaccinations, has inspired the White Home as officers promise to ramp up vaccination choices at LGBTQ Delight festivals across the nation within the coming weeks.
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