Los Angeles health officials are investigating the death of a person who had monkeypox

Los Angeles wellness officials are investigating the decease of a idiosyncratic who had monkeypox.

Dr. Rita Singhal, manager of illness power successful Los Angeles County, said it's not wide what relation monkeypox whitethorn person played successful the person's death. Officials bash not person further details astatine this time, Singhal said.

"This is 1 of 2 deaths successful the United States that are presently nether probe to find whether monkeypox was a contributing origin of death," Singhal told reporters during a property league Thursday.

Health officials successful Texas past period reported the decease of an big successful the Houston area who was diagnosed with monkeypox. The idiosyncratic had a severely compromised immune system, according to wellness officials.

Monkeypox is seldom fatal, but radical with anemic immune systems are astatine higher hazard of terrible disease. The microorganism causes a achy rash that resembles blisters oregon pimples.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a study published Thursday, recovered that 38% of 2,000 patients diagnosed with monkeypox from May to July were HIV positive. People who person monkeypox and HIV were hospitalized much often than those who did not person HIV, according to the study.

The U.S. is trying to incorporate the largest monkeypox outbreak successful the world, with much than 21,000 cases crossed each 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, according to the CDC.

Nine monkeypox deaths person been confirmed worldwide since the outbreak began, according to CDC data. Deaths person occurred successful Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, the Central African Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nigeria and Spain.

More than 56,000 monkeypox cases person been reported crossed 96 countries since the outbreak began, according to CDC data.

Monkeypox is chiefly recovered to beryllium spreading during enactment among cheery and bisexual men, though anyone tin get monkeypox done adjacent interaction with idiosyncratic who is infected oregon via contaminated materials similar towels and bedsheets.

Federal wellness officials said this week that the outbreak appears to beryllium slowing arsenic vaccines, investigating and treatments person go much wide available. Demetre Daskalakis, lawman caput of the White House monkeypox effect team, said it took 25 days for cases to treble successful August compared to 8 days successful July.

The U.S. has administered much than 460,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to date. About 1.6 cardinal cheery and bisexual men who person HIV oregon who are taking medicine to trim their hazard of contracting HIV look the highest hazard from monkeypox, according to CDC.

The monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos, is administered successful 2 doses 28 days apart. CDC officials accidental it's important for radical astatine hazard to person the 2nd shot. It takes 2 weeks aft the 2nd dose for the immune strategy to scope its highest response.