THE FOLLOWING IS AN ILLINOIS RADIO NETWORK STORY
A Central Illinois county has become a hotbed for the monkeypox virus, or what health officials now call MPV. Champaign County, home to the University of Illinois, reports the highest number of positive cases in any county outside of Chicago and Cook County. Health officials said there most likely are more than 10 MPV cases in the county, but no U of I students have tested positive as of yet.
