The State of Colorado hopes a federal emergency declaration on a monkeypox outbreak will mean more testing and vaccine supply will soon arrive to help keep cases low.
Cases of Monkeypox have now been reported in both El Paso and Pueblo counties. More than 90% of Colorado's 75 cases have been among gay and bisexual men.
Colorado has reported its first monkeypox hospitalizations, a state health official said Friday, and there s now evidence that the virus is spreading locally for the first time.