monkeypox

Nearly a month of after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in LDH Region 1 - which consists of Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson, and St. Bernard parishes - the first case of the virus has been confirmed in the Acadiana region.

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

It was bound to show up in Louisiana before long.