Monkeypox can now spread to animals from humans, health officials warn

Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.
 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for months has had the advice in place as monkeypox spreads in the U.S. But it gained new attention after a report from France, published last week in the medical journal Lancet, about an Italian greyhound that caught the virus.
 

The dog belongs to a couple who said they sleep alongside the animal. The two men were infected with monkeypox after having sex with other partners