{"id":1055,"date":"2022-10-24T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:22:02","slug":"six-people-who-tested-positive-for-monkeypox-have-died-health-departments-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2022\/10\/24\/six-people-who-tested-positive-for-monkeypox-have-died-health-departments-confirm\/","title":{"rendered":"Six people who tested positive for monkeypox have died, health departments confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/23\/health\/monkeypox-dead-outbreak-us\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>) Six people who tested positive for monkeypox \u2013 two in New York City, two in Chicago, one in Nevada and one in Maryland \u2013 have died, local health departments have confirmed. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said it was \u201cdeeply saddened by the two reported deaths, and our hearts go out to the individuals\u2019 loved ones and community.\u201d The two Chicagoans who died after testing positive for monkeypox had multiple other health conditions, including weakened immune systems, according to the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/cdph\/provdrs\/health_protection_and_response\/news\/2022\/october\/cdph-mpv-update_10-21-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Department of Health (CDPH).<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"Ecn  tBSESdghlvXD Z ZFZs Gm Kd S\">Ecn  tBSESdghlvXD Z ZFZs Gm Kd S<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(CNN) Six people who tested positive for monkeypox \u2013 two in New York City, two in Chicago, one in Nevada and one in Maryland \u2013 have died, local health departments have confirmed. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said it was \u201cdeeply saddened by the two reported deaths, and our hearts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-infectious-diseases","category-monkeypox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}