Plans underway to ramp up monkeypox testing if outbreak grows rapidly

Dozens of public health labs across the country are now using a more generalized test for orthopoxvirus, a broader category that includes monkeypox, smallpox and other viruses. Two biotech companies, Roche and Abbott, have announced plans to roll out monkeypox PCR tests, although at this time their test kits are for research use only. The …

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