Aug. 12, 2022 on The Story: There's good news and bad news about the latest global health emergency. Monkeypox, a relative of the smallpox virus, doesn't spread as easily as we're now accustomed to with COVID-19. It's also not commonly fatal. But it's extremely painful and unpleasant to contract — and the slow public health response means that it could be circulating in our communities for months, if not years. While a vaccine already exists, it's currently in very short supply. Here's everything we know about the state of our public health response. Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw