Monkeypox outbreak may boost handful of companies

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO, which declared the spread of monkeypox infections as a global emergency.

As health authorities all over the globe search for ways to stop the monkeypox outbreak, investors are snapping up shares of companies that could benefit from the race to quell the disease.

Shares of vaccine producers, antiviral drug makers, and protective equipment manufacturers are in demand as investors tap a strategy that delivered gains during the coronavirus pandemic.