The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says

By Ari Shapiro

A bucket with suspected monkeypox samples is stored at a laboratory in Spain in June.

Monkeypox has been a developing problem for decades and the current global outbreak was avoidable, but the looming threat was largely ignored, according to a leading expert on the virus.

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