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Gay members of Congress worried about mpox outbreak ask for data in letter to Joe Biden (exclusive)
Amid rising mpox, formerly called monkeypox, cases and a potentially impending threat from a more virulent strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, has called for detailed answers from President Joe Biden …