California; two cases in Florida; one case in Massachusetts; one case in New York; two cases in Utah; one case in Virginia and one case in Washington.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said not everyone infected had traveled outside the U.S., which indicates community spread.All of the U.S.
cases so far have been in men who have sex with other men, Walensky said, but she warned that the virus is "not contained within social networks, and the risk of exposure is not limited to any one particular group."As of Tuesday, there were more than 100 cases worldwide.Monkeypox is a virus that originates in wild animals like rodents and primates, and occasionally jumps to people.
It belongs to the same virus family as smallpox.Most human cases have been in central and west Africa and outbreaks have been relatively limited.RELATED: Smallpox vaccine Jynneos can prevent monkeypox, CDC saysThe illness was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were two outbreaks of a "pox-like" disease in research monkeys — thus the name monkeypox.