Monkeypox is a viral disease, usually spread by touching or getting bitten by infected wild animals like rats or squirrels in western and central Africa.
In 2009 production was stopped for more than a month after these delicate cells caught a viral disease. That shutdown cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
The study reported " no significant difference in the effectiveness" of medical masks vs. N95 respirators for prevention of influenza or other viral respiratory illness.
On a positive note, the Americas are now free of rubella, a viral disease similar to measles. That's according to the Pan American Health Organization, which is part of the WHO.
The U.S. Defense Department is working with Metabiota, Inc., a company that monitors viral disease threats around the world, to provide assistance for lab testing of samples from suspect cases.
美国国防部正与监测全球病毒性疾病威胁的公司 Metabiota, Inc. 合作,为疑似病例样本的实验室检测提供帮助。
I'm Dr. Rishi Desai, the chief medical officer at Osmosis, I'm also a pediatric infectious disease physician and I used to work in the division of viral diseases of the CDC, doing viral research.