Last week, the Biden administration officially declared monkeypox to be a national public health emergency. Conspiracy theories abound, many of them recycled.
Can monkeypox be spread through swimming pools? No specific studies have been done, but most experts believe that it is unlikely because of the nature of the virus.
In a recent study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers described the clinical and demographical characteristics of monkeypox virus infections among individuals attending sexual health centers in the United Kingdom (UK).