Monkeypox again exposes U.S. yawning racial gaps

STORY: Monkeypox again exposes U.S. yawning racial gaps DATELINE: Sept. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of White House 2. various of people in the U.S. getting vaccinated 3. various of street views in U.S. cities STORYLINE: As was the case with COVID-19, Black and Hispanic Americans are bearing a disproportionate burden of monkeypox cases, which have surpassed 20,000 in the U.S. -- the most reported infections of any country. There are signs that the rise in the number of infections in the country is slowing but racial divides are worsening in monkeypox cases and vaccine access. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 38 percent of monkeypox cases are among Black people, which represents only 13.6 percent of the U.S. population. Meanwhile, Hispanic or Latino people accounted for 28.3 percent of total monkeypox cases as of Sept. 3, in comparison with its share of nearly 19 percent in the U.S. population. B

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