monkeypox

But Becerra also faced criticism as secretary over his handling of issues including the monkeypox outbreak, including from members of the Biden administration who argued that he lacked urgency and sought to offload responsibility to the states, according to reports published by the New York Times, Washington Post and others.

He defended his response, arguing that his department was ahead of the curve in distributing monkeypox vaccines across the nation, and that state and local jurisdictions ultimately made decisions about how they were distributed.

Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - can cause symptoms such as lesions, headaches and fever.

The infected person had recently returned from Uganda where Clade 1b mpox, which used to be known as monkeypox, has been found.

Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - is a highly contagious disease and is suspected to have killed at least 900 people in DR Congo this year.