The next public health crisis is always right around the corner. The Center for Disease Control has issued an alert for a deadly new strain of monkeypox. They are calling this sub-strain Clade I‚ and they say it kills 1 in 10 people. The deadly strain has become prevalent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ having been reported in 22 of 26 provinces. Clade I has not been reported in the United States as of yet. According to the CDC‚ the virus has become very adaptive to human-to-human transmission. They issued the alert on Thursday. Deadly monkeypox strain kills an alarming 1 in 10 people‚ CDC warns https://t.co/uOxFkxLAoO pic.twitter.com/6AtxWeH6wR — New York Post (@nypost) December 8‚ 2023 Here are the details from the New York Post: A deadly‚ fast-spreading strain of the monkeypox virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. The variant of the virus‚ which causes the severe disease known as mpox‚ kills up to 10% of the people who are infected‚ according to the World Health Organization. “The virus variant is known to be more virulent. If it adapts better to human-to-human transmission‚ that presents a risk‚” Rosamund Lewis of the WHO’s mpox surveillance team told Reuters. CDC HAN Health Advisory alerts clinicians and health departments about occurrence‚ geographic spread‚ and sexually associated human-to-human transmission of Clade I Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read full alert: https://t.co/HdltGmgbEA pic.twitter.com/1BcT7RVcBg — CDC (@CDCgov) December 7‚ 2023 Deadly monkeypox strain kills an alarming 1 in 10 people‚ CDC warns — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) December 8‚ 2023 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Thursday to inform clinicians and health departments nationwide about the emergence and spread of a deadly subtype of the monkeypox virus‚ known as Clade I‚ predominantly in the Democratic Rep… pic.twitter.com/hQswMgopBQ — The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) December 9‚ 2023 The Gateway Pundit has more on the origins of the current outbreak: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Thursday to inform clinicians and health departments nationwide about the emergence and spread of a deadly subtype of the monkeypox virus‚ known as Clade I‚ predominantly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This health advisory‚ part of the CDC’s Health Alert Network (HAN)‚ underscores the necessity for heightened vigilance‚ particularly among travelers returning from the DRC. Clade I‚ distinguished as a distinct genetic grouping of the monkeypox virus‚ has not been reported in the United States to date‚ according to the health alert. There is currently an outbreak of deadly monkeypox in 22 out of 26 provinces‚ including urban areas in Congo. CDC issues health alert to US doctors over subtype of monkeypox spreading in Congo that kills one in TEN and is more infectious Alert warned clinicians to test patients traveling from the Congo for the virus https://t.co/36cEG5QxIc — SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) December 8‚ 2023 Monkeypox Outbreak: CDC Warns of Spreading Virus#today #usa #shares #health #healthcarelegislation #wellness pic.twitter.com/OTmeeSEAkz — USNewsper Health (@UsnewsperHealth) December 8‚ 2023 ‘Virus season is here!’ CDC sounds the alarm about new‚ deadly monkeypox strain https://t.co/XXicPXBRmd via @BIZPACReview — Norman Firebaugh (@FirebaughNorman) December 10‚ 2023 CDC Health Advisory: Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus with Geographic Spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo pic.twitter.com/f9fjhT5D34 — Dr. Syra Madad (@syramadad) December 8‚ 2023