How scientists found monkeypox, and why it's not a big threat
News of the monkeypox virus’s spread in Europe in 2022 has alarmed people everywhere, but it is not a new virus. It had lurked in the rainforests of central and western Africa for centuries before scientists identified it in 1958. And though it causes severe disease it never became an epidemic. Find out why in this episode. Also learn about the first confirmed case of monkeypox in a human, and the 2003 outbreak of the disease in America.
