A viral disease that is almost always fatal can be prevented with proper treatment before symptoms appear. Recently, there has been an increase in people being exposed to this disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a rise in cases where multiple people were exposed.

This increase has prompted federal health officials to issue a warning. More people were exposed during July and August than during the same period last year.

Further information about this issue is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has issued a health advisory in response to the recent uptick in exposures.