Monkeypox

As the number of cases of monkeypox continue to climb across the state, the University of Michigan is taking steps to ensure it can handle a possible outbreak on campus. WEMU’s Taylor Pinson has more.

There has been a lot of work done on the Eastern Michigan University campus over the summer, but professors remain without a new contract as classes are began on Monday. WEMU's David Fair was joined live in-studio by EMU president, Dr. James Smith, for a look at the academic year ahead.

The Washtenaw County Health Department is ramping up efforts to vaccinate at risk people against monkeypox. But they caution supplies are low. WEMU's Cathy Shafran reports.