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    Riverside County reports its first MPX case in a child under 10

    Riverside County, California, has reported its first pediatric case of MPX, in a child under 10 years old. The child, a resident of western Riverside County, is recovering at home and didn’t require hospitalization, health officials said. The public health department is trying to determine how the child became infected with MPX, also known as monkeypox. Pediatric cases of MPX are rare. ...
    by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Sep 16, 2022 4 minutes
    A greater percentage of MPX infections are affecting people of color. Early in the outbreak nationally, MPX cases were predominantly seen in white men, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a briefing.

    Riverside County, California, has reported its first pediatric case of MPX, in a child under 10 years old.

    The child, a resident of western Riverside County, is recovering at home and didn’t require hospitalization, health officials said. The public health department is trying to determine how the child became infected with MPX, also known as monkeypox.

    Pediatric cases of MPX are rare. According to the California Department of Public Health‘s tally, as of Tuesday — the most recent day for which data were reported — of the 4,453 MPX cases statewide, only seven have occurred among children 15 or younger.

    Other pediatric MPX cases have

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