A truck carrying diseased rhesus monkeys, reportedly infected with COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes, overturned in Mississippi, leading to an escape. While most were captured and euthanized, one remains at large. Authorities warn the public to stay away. Tulane University, however, disputes the infectious claims, stating the primates are not contagious.
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