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Monkeypox vaccines coming to Philly, but health officials say it’s not enough

Philly's latest count represents a steep rise in previously reported numbers. The virus has not resulted in serious illness or death, but it does cause significant discomfort and painful lesions.

A medical laboratory technician picks up from a fridge a reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples at a laboratory in Madrid, Spain. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)
A medical laboratory technician picks up from a fridge a reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples at a laboratory in Madrid, Spain. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)Read morePablo Blazquez Dominguez / MCT