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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will pay $115 million for the initial shipment of TEMBEXA, produced by Chimerix, Inc., the company announced this week.
The painful rashes and lesions caused by monkeypox can last up to a month, and there are no approved treatments. But a drug invented at UC San Diego to counter a bioterrorism attack shows promise.
There are no current reported cases of the monkeypox virus in San Diego, but local infectious disease specialist says health officials are "watching very carefully what's going on."