The success rate is surprisingly good.

Monkeypox is highly transmissable and there is evidence that it can be spread through use of a towel or sheets of someone with the lesions.

If a person has the rash, immediately see your healthcare provider.

There are two vaccines, according to Dr. Gaffin, who says they may be in short supply but there is a stockpile.

Dr. Gaffin says like genital herpes, sometimes a person with monkeypox might not know they have it.

Monkeypox is now prevalent in the gay community.  Symptoms other than the rash may vary.

The lesions can be as small as pimples or appear as larger pustules similar to the shingles rash, but in different parts of the body.

Monkeypox is spread usually through sexual contact.

Monkeypox is a serious disease, now worldwide, including here in the U.S.

Pat talks with Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Neil Gaffin, Valley Health System, Ridgewood, NJ discussing monkeypox.