Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Subsequent variants of monkeypox will be named using Roman numerals for the clade, and lowercase letters for the subclade.

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In June, there was just one confirmed case of monkeypox in Georgia. Now the state is seeing well over 700 cases.  

Two new studies draw on data from more than 12,000 patients to help figure out ways to battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

The most recent data from the Georgia Department of Public Health show 82% of monkeypox cases affect Black men who have sex with men. Of these, roughly two-thirds are also infected with HIV.

The Biden administration is allowing the shot to be given between layers of skin — a method that only requires a fifth of the full dose — in order to increase vaccinations and slow the outbreak.

Concern is growing around the metro Atlanta area as monkeypox cases continue to climb. Georgia has 625 confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: After the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, it's still unclear if findings could affect the Fulton County probe. Plus, the three men who murdered #AhmaudArbery will serve their time in state prison. And we'll take a look at where monkeypox cases stand across the state.

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.

Is it a sexually transmitted disease? Can you get it on a crowded bus? Trying on clothes? We talk to specialists about how this virus is transmitted and what kinds of precautions are warranted.

Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.

Monkeypox cases in California, Illinois and New York make up nearly half of the nationwide total. The governors in those states have all declared a state of emergency to help address the outbreaks.

More doses of the vaccine to prevent monkeypox are on the way as cases rise in Georgia. The initial shipment of nearly 14,000 shots is already gone.

The Georgia Department of Revenue issued guidance that added an unborn child with a "detectable heartbeat" to the definition of a dependent. 

Georgia expects to receive more than 34,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine over the next month and a half. 

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham is challenging a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury in Fulton County.