with the highest case count at seven, and California followed with six, according to the CDC. PHOTO VIA SMITH COLLECTION/GADO/GETTY IMAGES cases of monkeypox are primarily among “men who have sex with men.” Above, the right arm and torso of a patient with lesions is shown during an active monkeypox infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the U.S.