U.S. monkeypox cases surpass 10,000 as CDC still aims for "containment" - CBS News

More than 10,000 Americans have now tested positive in the monkeypox outbreak across the U.S., according to figures published late Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as federal health officials say they are still racing to contain the virus.

Cases have been reported in every state but Wyoming while 15 states and the District of Columbia have reported more than a hundred cases.

deaths have so far been reported, out of the 12 monkeypox fatalities the World Health Organization has tallied so far this year. .

However, the CDC has tallied at least 50 cases in people who were female at birth, including at least one pregnant woman.

A handful of suspected infections have also been spotted in young children, although health authorities recently said some may have actually been false positives. .

The American sum of cases is now roughly double the size of Spain, the European nation that had previously reported the most cases ahead of Germany and the United Kingdom.

outbreak now appears on pace to eclipse those rates too. .

For states with more than 25 cases, CDC officials recently estimated that the pace of new monkeypox infections is doubling every 8.6 days on average. .

By administering these smaller doses between the skin's layers, instead of deeper into the arm, authorities say it may be possible to vaccinate up to five times as many people with each vial and still yield a "nearly identical" immune response

The agency has previously reported on a handful of reports of reported breakthrough infections following at least one shot of the two-dose Jynneos vaccine