Disease Control Experts Work on Eradicating Deadly ‘Monkeypox’ in Africa to Prevent Outbreak

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and prevention are working hard in eradicating the disease before it spreads across the globe.

It’s easy to feel pessimistic about the health of the world’s population. Growing antibiotic resistance, the dramatic rise in obesity-related diseases and problems associated with an aging population are all cause for concern.

While other viruses are on the brink of being completely eradicated, there are diseases like the Ebola virus that has yet to see a cure. One of the deadliest viruses in the world was smallpox, which was completely eradicated in 1977. Smallpox is an extremely contagious and deadly virus for which there is no known cure. The last known case occurred in the United States in 1949 and due to worldwide vaccination programs, this disease has been completely eradicated.

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