The sores can also cause long-term scarring on the skin.' It can be really painful, and some patients have reported needing prescription pain medicine to manage that pain. 'The rash caused by monkeypox virus can spread widely across the body or present in sensitive areas like the genitalia. 'That being said, we don't want to minimize this condition,' she added. No deaths have been reported in either the United States or in other countries affected by monkeypox outbreaks, McQuiston said during a Friday media briefing. 'In many cases, their rash started in the genital area.' Jennifer McQuiston, deputy director of the CDC Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. 'Most of them reported international travel in the 21 days before their symptoms began, and most patients in the MMWR are identified as men who have sex with men,' said Capt. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cases are also concentrated largely among gay or bisexual men, with the virus apparently transmitted as a result of intimate skin-to-skin contact, according to a new report published June 3 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday. FRIDAY, J(HealthDay News) - The number of known U.S.
