CHICAGO/LONDON – Sexual health clinics on the front line of the monkeypox response are already financially stretched, leaving the United States and U.K. ill-equipped to tackle the first major global health test since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infectious disease experts say sexual health clinics — which offer confidential walk-in diagnosis and treatment — are best placed to identify and treat cases of monkeypox, which is largely affecting men who have sex with men.
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