A person in Texas who was diagnosed with monkeypox and had a weak immune system has died, in what could be the first-known fatality from the virus in the U.S.
State health officials are investigating what role the virus played in the death of the adult, who was a resident of Harris County, Texas, and was ‘severely immunocompromised’
U.S. health officials have declared monkeypox a public-health emergency, after the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency in late July. WSJ explains what you should look out for and what scientists know about how the virus is spreading. Illustration: Adele MorganA person in Texas who was diagnosed with monkeypox and had a weak immune system has died, Texas state health officials said Tuesday, in what could be the first-known fatality from the virus in the U.S.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said this was the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in Texas. Officials are investigating what role monkeypox played in the death. They said the patient, who was an adult and a resident of Harris County, Texas, was “severely immunocompromised” but didn’t offer additional details.
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